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01 — The word

Gaffer

/ˈɡafə/ · noun · British, informal

The word players, fans and media use for the manager — the head coach. The one who carries the team.

Nobody appoints you a gaffer. You become one — session by session, season by season. This is the club built for that job, and it belongs to you, not to whoever signs your contract.

02 — The club

Club.

noun · the one you never get sacked from

One membership. Every room in the clubhouse.

The people, the CV, the tools, the education, the store and the travel — one club that travels with you from dugout to dugout, season after season. You don't sign up for a platform. You join a club.

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04 — Your Gaffer CV

One link. Your whole career.

A coaching CV that reads the way the game is played — badges and licences, your career record with points per game and win rate, clips of your teams, and endorsements from coaches who have shared a dugout with you.

  • Your record, quantified — PPG, win rate and tenure at every club
  • Verified badge and peer endorsements that clubs can trust
  • A public link that works on any phone a director of football holds
  • Export a clean PDF the night before the interview
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Marta Ibáñez

Head coach · Barcelona · 9 seasons

UEFA B4-3-3High press
2.02
PPG
57%
Win rate
212
Matches

Career record

  • CF Pobla U19 Head Coach

    2023 —

    2.11 PPG
  • Atlètic Sant Just Assistant Coach

    2020–23

    1.84 PPG
  • FC Santboià Youth Coach

    2017–20

    1.92 PPG

Attribute profile

  • Attacking play86
  • Player development92
  • Match management78
JAR 14 endorsements PDF

gaffercoaching.com/cv/marta-ibanez — live on any phone

06 — The store

Kit for the craft.

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Wear it, carry it, learn from it, connect it — seven departments built around a coaching life. Members save more on everything.

From the members

What it sounds like from the bench.

  • Youth coach watching a training session from the touchline

    Youth coach

    Grassroots to academy · 6 seasons

    I used to rebuild my session plans from scratch at every new club. Now nine years of work fits in my pocket.
  • Assistant manager giving instructions during a match

    Assistant manager

    Semi-pro · second badge

    The Profile Builder got me in the room. The coaches in here got me ready for the room.
  • Head of coaching addressing an academy squad

    Head of coaching

    Academy · 14 age groups

    We tag everything in the FIFA football language now. My staff and I finally argue about the right things.

Member feedback shared with permission · names withheld by request

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"Three clubs in five years. Every one of them took the badge back. Gaffer is the only thing that walked out of the door with me."
A Gaffer member — youth coach, six seasons in
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