Hamsik officially becomes a coach: earns UEFA Pro licence at Coverciano | OneFootball

Marek Hamsik is ready to begin a new career in the world of football. After his playing career, which ended recently and was closely tied to Napoli, the Slovak is ready to embark on the path of coaching. Who knows, maybe one day Marek could return to the Azzurri, this time in a different role than that of a player.

Hamsik ready to start his coaching career

Marek Hamsik is officially a new coach. The Slovak, along with many others including Fabregas and Pisacane, coaches of Como and Cagliari, has obtained the UEFA Pro license at Coverciano. The Slovak, who currently works mainly in his homeland as an assistant to Ciccio Calzona, is also responsible for his own football school, but now it’s time to raise the bar even on the bench. At 38 years old, he is ready to put himself to the test at the helm of a club, with the forbidden dream of one day coaching Napoli, the club he is most attached to and of which he was also captain.

This is how today’s edition of ‘Il Mattino’ describes the achievement of the Slovak champion: “Even though the Technical Sector Commission has not officially announced those who passed, it’s as if Marek Hamsik graduated with honors. Applause from the football professors and from the president of the Coaches’ Association, Renzo Ulivieri, for the former Napoli flag-bearer, who yesterday showed up at the federal center in Coverciano to discuss his thesis, the final act of the coaching training course that is held annually at the home of the National Team on the outskirts of Florence.”

Marek was in good company: his classmates included, among others, Alessandro Agostini, Salvatore Bocchetti, Cesc Fabregas, Marco Landucci, Simone Padoin, and Fabio Pisacane, the Neapolitan who has been coaching Cagliari since this season. The appointments over the past months at the university of football were attended by almost all the candidates who yesterday and on Monday took the final exams of the UEFA Pro course, which represents the highest level of training for future coaches. To be clear, it’s a real master’s degree, the final step of study for those who want to pursue a coaching career: in fact, the license obtained by Hamsik qualifies him to coach all football teams, both male and female, at any level, obviously including Serie A.”

Francesco Landi

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