Á.A. Ardila Villamizar

Álvaro has a BSc. Physical Education, Recreation and Sports from the Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia. Also, he studied Pedagogy in Physical Education through a scholarship at the Universidad de Concepcion(Chile), Technologist in Technical Direction of Football SENA, has a Coach License A and C CONMEBOL / Colombian Football Federation, Diploma in Football Medicine FIFA, and is currently studying a specialization in Anatomy at the University of Michigan / Coursera and in 2020 he won a Colombian Government scholarship to study a MSc. Social Science Research (Sport and Exercise Science) at Louhgborough University (UK).

He has 11 years of experience training children, youth and adults as a physical education teacher, soccer coach in different football schools, academies, colleges and professional football clubs in lower divisions at national and international level. In addition, he served as a football coach at Universidad Industrial de Santander, one of the best universities in Colombia and Latin America, AC Milan Junior Camp (Italy), Bolton Wanderers - ALSET (England) Colo Colo Concepción, Huachipato FC in Talcahuano (Chile), and currently works as a data organizer of Research in Sports Sciences in Football for a notable British researcher and as a reviewer of postgraduate thesis for a researcher and teacher from Bucaramanga.

Alvaro tries to stay informed and updated on the latest academic advances through complementary courses, seminars, physical education days, football coaches, and also available to work as a team in any innovative project at national and international level related to Football, Research, Physical Education and Sports Science.