Gil Orriols Jansana
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Gil Orriols Jansana is currently an assistant coach and physical performance manager for the Montreal Impact
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in Spain
, where he served as physical and high performance coach. Mostly coaching Barcelona's youth teams from U-9 to U-20. In 2005 Jansana left Barcelona to go abroad to Canada
to sign with the Montreal Impact
organization, accepting a physical performance role with the club. In Montreal he was responsible for creating a physical training plan adapted to the constraints of the Impact’s calendar. In August 2006 he accepted an offer from ASPIRE Academy
in Qatar
, where he was physical trainer until last October, 2009. On November 24, 2009 he returned to Montreal to assume the role of assistant coach and physical performance manager under Marc Dos Santos
.
Montreal Impact
Montreal Impact was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1992, the team played in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid until the 2011 season. The owner Joey Saputo now operates the MLS team Montreal ImpactThe...
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Early life
Jansana is former Alpine Skier and was 2000 champion of the Pierra Menta Jove. He made his master’s degree in sport and physical education sciences at the University of Barcelona. He holds also a diplom in collective sports from the Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya – Byomedic.Coaching career
Jansana began his coaching career in 2003 with FC Barcelona CFC Barcelona C
Fútbol Club Barcelona C was a Spanish football team that folded on 2 July 2007. The youth team of FC Barcelona, it played home games at the Mini Estadi....
in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, where he served as physical and high performance coach. Mostly coaching Barcelona's youth teams from U-9 to U-20. In 2005 Jansana left Barcelona to go abroad to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
to sign with the Montreal Impact
Montreal Impact
Montreal Impact was a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1992, the team played in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid until the 2011 season. The owner Joey Saputo now operates the MLS team Montreal ImpactThe...
organization, accepting a physical performance role with the club. In Montreal he was responsible for creating a physical training plan adapted to the constraints of the Impact’s calendar. In August 2006 he accepted an offer from ASPIRE Academy
ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence
ASPIRE Dome is an indoor sporting arena located in Doha, Qatar, and the home of the ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence. The ASPIRE academy is a part of the Aspire Zone which also houses the Khalifa Stadium....
in Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
, where he was physical trainer until last October, 2009. On November 24, 2009 he returned to Montreal to assume the role of assistant coach and physical performance manager under Marc Dos Santos
Marc Dos Santos
Marc Dos Santos is a Canadian soccer manager. Most recently, Dos Santos was the head coach of the Montreal Impact in the D2 Pro League from 2009 until his resignation in June 2011. Dos Santos is of Portuguese ancestry.-Trois-Rivières Attak:...
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