Melbourne Brasil Futsal offers coaching and leagues for junior players all year round. Why Mellboune Brasil Futsal Academy (MBFA)?
The Melbourne Brasil Futsal Academy offers competitions and coaching in Melbourne in the eastern suburbs. We are the only all year round dedicated Futsal Academy with professional Futsal coaches from Brazil to teach players the Brazilian style of game that encourages to play in tight areas , the use of flair and improvisation in a fun and at the same time professional environment. We encourage the
players to develop their skills and be confident to use it when needed and not just "kick it long"
Futsal is a sport in its own right, with professional leagues all over the world. To play at a good level, players need to be taught about the game. The skills are similar to soccer, but not the same. The tactics are also very different since you only have 5 players in total, including a GK. Futsal is well known for developing close ball skills and most Brazilian players football stars have developed their skills in their early ages by playing Futsal. If you want to learn Futsal with the best coaches in Melbourne please contact us!
“I pride myself in developing young players in both Futsal and Soccer. A positive experience for young players when learning a new sport will encourage them to get better and play the game for a long time. In return they live a more healthy and exciting life and those experiences will help them become better citizens”
HEAD COACH RESUME
Gui Costa
Date of Birth: 16/07/1976
Place of Birth: Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Australian Citizen Since 2004
Spoken Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese
QUALIFICATIONS:
Qualified Physical Education Teacher (Brazil)
Futsal International Level Qualification
Soccer Coach with International Experience: Japan 3 years, Brazil 3 years. Australian Work with Children Card
After School Program Qualified Coach
CURRICULUM AS COACH:
Cruzeiro Futebol Clube (Soccer) Assistant Coach Youth -1996 to 1998, Brazil. Akita Prefecture Soccer Director of Coaching -1998 to 2001, Japan. Queensland State Teams Futsal Head Coach - 2003 to 2011. Australian Women's National Futsal Coach - 2007 to 2008. New Zealand Men's Futsal Coach – 2009 to 2011. Australian Under 20 Men's Coach - 2012
Austtralian Men's National Futsal Coach2013/15
Current Under 17 Australian National Futsal Coach. ACHIEVEMENTS AS A COACH:
3rd Place at “Taca Sao Paulo” . Under 20's National Soccer Championships- 1998,Brazil
3rd place in the North Island High School Soccer Championship, with Akita High School 1999, Japan. National Futsal Champions – Queensland Women's Team – 2004, Australia. Cheetah Futsal Cup Champion – 2004, Belgium . Futsal Coach advisor for Oceania Football Association – 2004, Fiji, New Zealand & Samoa. Women's Futsal World Cup - 6th place – 2008, Spain
Vodafobe 5-a-side Men's National Champions – 2009, Australia. New Zealand Men's Futsal World Cup- 2011, Colombia. Under 20 Men's National Coach Pacific Futsal Cup Champions 2012, Los Angeles. National Futsal Champions – Queensland Men's Team – 2012, Australia
National Futsal Champions – Victoria Men's Team – 2013, Australia. Australian Men's Futsal World Games – 2013, Colombia
2015 Futsal World Cup, Australian Men's Coach, Belarus. ACHIEVEMENTS AS A APLAYER:
Brazilian National Youth Champions (soccer) – 1992
Hyundai 5-a-side Men's National Champions – 2008
Cairns International Futsal Cup Champions– 2011
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Learn futsal with our head coach Gui Costa and his Youth coaches, Max, Miles, Jason, and Jc. A family environment with focus on development and discipline. Futsal is well known for developing one of the best outdoor soccer players in the world. Gui our head coach has over 30 years of professionally coaching futsal as well as soccer. He is also the head of futsal at Haileybury College. Academy training is every friday after school hours for age 6 to 12 years old.
Come for a free trial and see what we can offer! 🙏👍✌️🙌⚽️🇧🇷
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I can finally relax and enjoy watching the World Cup now that Brazil is out. The suffering is over! 😂🇧🇷
It also puts things into perspective. Teams like Germany (4-time champions) and Italy (4-time champions) haven't been anywhere near lifting the trophy again for a long time. It just shows how much the game has evolved. The gap between the traditional powerhouses and the rest of the world keeps getting smaller as more countries continue to develop.
I really hope we see a first-time World Cup winner this year. It would be something special for football and a great reminder that no team has a divine right to win anymore. That's what makes the World Cup so exciting! 🌍🏆
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The more I watch football at the highest level, the more it reminds me how important futsal is for player development.
Look at this clip — the player controls the ball with the sole of the foot, which is one of the key techniques strongly emphasised in futsal.
Unfortunately, we still see football coaches in Australia telling players not to use the sole of the foot. But when this technique is taught and applied properly, it gives players excellent close ball control.
As the game becomes faster and players are constantly under pressure, this skill becomes extremely valuable.
Futsal develops footballers. ⚽️⚽️⚽️
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