Football Academy

The BISP Cruzeiro Football Academy is a joint programme run by BISP and Brazilian champion side Cruzeiro Esporte Clube and is overseen by the expert technical guidance of the former U20 youth coach for Brazil’s famous club Cruzeiro EC, this year’s national Brazilian champions.

As part of Cruzeiro’s group of international academies, talented BISP students, including those on scholarships, have the unique opportunity to learn the Brazilian way of playing under Brazilian Head Coach Jonathas.

Following a university degree in Physical Education, Jonathas has 12 years of professional experience in football, in particular in fitness and performance analysis, technical observation and coordination. He has extensive knowledge of methods of sports training and practice, with particular experience in periodic planning and structuring teams.

Jonathas was the International Programme’s Head Coach at Cruzeiro EC; the U14 Assistant Coach and Technical Observer; the U10-U17 Football Coach; the U6-U12 Futsal Coach. He is an official scout for Cruzeiro and led the Cruzeiro U20 team to national honours.

The sprawling BISP campus can house either three 11-a-side or eleven 7-a-side football pitches, giving BISP one of the largest school capacities in Asia.

As well as being available to all students, these pitches are the training ground for the BISP Cruzeiro Football Academy sides.

The number of football pitches also allows BISP to hold the annual BISP Soccer Sevens each November; Asia’s largest such tournament featuring 120 teams from 35 international schools, some 1,350 competitors from 8 different countries. BISP were champions in 2014.