Bournemouth
Training Ground
Canford Magna Training Ground, Knighton Lane, Bournemouth, BH21 3AS (Construction scheduled for completion Spring 2025)
01202 726300
Academy info
Academy Category: Two
Academy Manager: Sam Gisborne
Position in 2024/25 Academy Productivity Rankings: 49th
Under-21s Head Coach: Alan Connell
Football Executive
Portuguese
Tiago Pinto
President of Football Operations
Joined Bournemouth in this new position in May 2024. Previously General Manager at AS Roma from November 2020 to February 2024. Prior to that was with Benfica in his homeland for eight years, first as manager of their multi-sports division and then as Director of Professional Football.
English
Simon Francis
Technical Director
Former Cherries captain who made 324 appearances during nine years at Vitality Stadium. Was appointed Assistant Technical Director in June 2021 and took over from Richard Hughes in the main role at the end of 2023/24.
Coaching
Spanish
Andoni Iraola
Head Coach
Progressed through the ranks at Athletic Bilbao, establishing himself as a club legend and their fifth highest appearance maker (510). First management job was with AEK Larnaca, from June 2018, where he won the Cypriot Super Cup. Then took the helm of CD Mirandés in the Sugunda División, leading them to the semi-finals of the Spanish Cup for only the second time, and Rayo Vallecano, achieving promotion to La Liga in his debut season. Led the club to 12th and 11th place finishes in the top flight. Arrived at Bournemouth in June 2023.
English
Tommy Elphick
First-Team Coach
Most successful captain in Bournemouth’s history. Skippered the Cherries to two promotions – to the Championship in 2012/13 and the Premier League in 2014/15. Joined coaching staff in September 2021 as Under-23s (subsequently U21s) coach. Promoted to first-team set-up when O’Neil took charge at end of 2022.
English
Shaun Cooper
First-Team Coach
Made 240 appearances for the club between 2005 and 2012 and returned in in October 2018 as U13s coach. Became U23s lead in November 2018 when Carl Fletcher was appointed Loans Manager. Joined the first-team set-up when O’Neil became Head Coach at the end of 2022.
English
Neil Moss
Head of Goalkeeping
Returns as Head of Goalkeeping in December 2022, 18 months after leaving the club. Was sacked in June 2021 following arrival of Scott Parker, who had brought in his own goalkeeping coach (Rob Burch). Has a long association with the Cherries, having made 211 senior appearances for them and then been goalkeeper coach from June 2009 to 2021.
English
Gareth Stewart
Assistant Goalkeeping Coach
As a player, he made almost 200 appearances over nine years for the Cherries and was capped at England U21 level. Rejoined in 2015 as U16s and then U21s keeper coach and joined first-team set-up in 2020.
Performance and Medical
German
Robert Percy Marshall
Director of Medical and Performance
Joined in July 2025, having previously led RB Leipzig’s medical department since 2018. Leads and co-ordinates all areas of athlete performance at Bournemouth.
Spanish
Pablo de la Torre
Fitness Coach
Worked with Iraola at Rayo Vallecano in Spain and AEK Larnaca in Cyprus before joining him at the Vitality. Born in Cuenca in central Spain and started his career at local club UB Conquense.
English
Charlie Moore
Head of Rehabilitation
Another who arrived with Parker, having worked with the Head Coach at Fulham and Tottenham. Was with the Cottagers from October 2020 and with Spurs for five-and-a-half years, as first-team S&C and performance and reconditioning coach.
English
Rob Lloyd
Sport Scientist
Joined club in current role in June 2018, having been an intern with both the Cherries and Leicester City.
Irish
Sean McCullagh
Sport Scientist
Joined in September 2016 from leading GPS firm STATSports. In that role, had been placed with Republic of Ireland (above), working with them at Euro 2016.
Scottish
Victoria McIntyre
Physio
Has been working in football since 2011, for Hamilton Academical, the Scottish FA, and the academies at Bournemouth and Arsenal. McIntyre has worked with the Bournemouth first team since October 2022.
English
Joe Barton
Physio
Worked for Leicester Tigers for six years, becoming their Head of Medical, before joining the Cherries in June 2023.
English
Michael Harding
Physio
Worked for Newcastle United as a first-team physio for 14 years and also as a Performance Medicine Therapist at Cirque du Soleil, alongside Mellette, for a year. Joined Bournemouth in July 2023.
English
Dave Gardner
Sports Therapist
In post since June 2011. Was an intern at Reading before that.
English
Laura Andrews
Lead Performance Nutritionist
Was Lead Performance Nutritionist with QPR and Arsenal before joining Bournemouth in the summer of 2022 as Performance Nutritionist. Promoted to Lead Performance Nutritionist in January 2024. Wrote this piece about protein bars for TGG in April 2018.
English
Natasha Nolan
Sports Therapist
Joined Bournemouth in 2022/23.
Analysis
English
Ryan Dawes
Post-Match Analyst
Started as an intern and was made permanent in June 2014.
English
Sam May
Performance Analyst
Started at the club as an analyst in October 2016, before taking up his current role in June 2017.
English
Tom Webber
Performance Analyst
Joined the club in July 2016, first as assistant pre-match and set plays analyst, before taking up his current role in June 2018.
Irish
Eoin O'Brien
Data Scientist
First Team Data Scientist at Bournemouth since January 2021.
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