Dr. Juan Delgado Bordonau
Role
Academy Technical Director, Austin FC. Responsible for building and maintaining the coaching methodology and style-of-play alignment from the Austin FC first team through all academy age groups.
Background
Spanish-born coaching specialist with extensive academic and applied credentials. Previously Technical Director of Valencia CF Academy and Director of Coaching for Valencia’s youth sides (U7–U12 and U23). Most recently served as Head of Scouting at Aspire Academy in Doha, Qatar (2014–2020), where he designed scouting strategy for Qatari national teams U8–U23 during the country’s most successful period of football development ahead of the 2022 World Cup. Holds degrees in Sports Sciences, Sport & Exercise Psychology, and Football Management from institutions including Georgetown University and the University of Valencia. Fluent in Spanish, English, Catalan, and Portuguese.
Connections
- austin-fc-academy — current organization
- texas — market
Context
Delgado’s hire was part of Austin FC’s deliberate effort to build a methodologically coherent academy from the club’s founding, anchored in a Spanish possession-based philosophy that aligned with the first team’s approach under head coach Josh Wolff.