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Campbell Chapman
Girl's Director

Campbell enjoyed a  professional soccer playing career of over ten years and  played in England, Sweden, Finland, Malta and Qatar. During this time the clubs  he played for included Wolverhampton Wanderers (England), West Bromich Albion (England), IFK Ostersund (Sweden), Kaskinen IK (Finland), Birkakara FC (Malta) and Al Ahli Sports Club (Qatar). 

In 1986 Campbell was invited to participate with the Northern Ireland U23 national team.  During his playing career he played with  some of the top players of their time including David Platt (England National Team Captain), David Seaman (England and Arsenal goalkeeper), Jari Litmannen (Finland and Ajax) and Colin Clarke (Northern Ireland, Portsmouth and MLS FC Dallas Head Coach).

The progression to move into coaching followed, and after working with youth and semi professional players in England, Campbell moved to the United States in 1993 and joined the coaching ranks in Georgia. He joined GSA and at that time  became  the third full time Director of Coaching in Georgia . Campbell’s philosophy is about developing players. He believes the young players must be taught the correct techniques and encouraged to use them in practices and games. He also believes that players develop as they learn from their experiences and that the game itself is the best teacher.

Campbell has coached State ODP teams which have included Ricardo Clarke (MLS Houston Dynamo), Justin Moore (MLS FC Dallas) and Lawson Vaughn (MLS LA Chivas) and in 2005 coached the Georgia 89 ODP team to the National Championships Final Four. Campbell coached the GSA Phoenix 89 Girls, State Champions 2005, 2006 ,Regional Semi finalist 2005,2006 and were R3PL champions in 2005.

He holds a English FA Prelim Certificate and the USSF A License.

 

Nuno Piteira
Boy's Director

Nuno oversees all soccer related activities on the boys side at GSA. 

Nuno has a background in education from the USC-Coastal Carolina College and he also holds an US Soccer "A" coach license, a US National Youth license and an English Football Association Preliminary Certificate. 

Nuno joined the GSA staff in the Fall of 2006, after having been the Director of Soccer for another metro Atlanta youth club where he served in that capacity for six years.  He originally came to Atlanta to coach the Atlanta Silverbacks pro club, where he was for two years, guiding the team to its first winning season in franchise history.  Before coming to Atlanta, Piteira coached the Charleston Battery, where he led the club to it's first professional National championship in 1996.  In six and half seasons as a professional coach, Nuno compiled a 92-54 win/loss record.  He was named 1995 Atlantic Division coach of the year, 1996 National Coach of the year and 1996 All Star Team Coach. 

Before turning to the professional side of soccer, Nuno spent seven seasons as the Assistant Coach at College of Charleston (two TAAC championships, one NCAA Div I final  eight) and Coastal Carolina (three Big South championships and one NCAA Div I sweet sixteen).  He was also head coach of the women's team at College of Charleston for one season, the year the school made it's first post season appearance.  He also served as Director of Coaching for Trident United, one of the most successful clubs in the state of South Carolina.  He coached two state championships on three years. 

Nuno started his coaching at Keith Country day School in Rockford, Illinois where he lead the school to two small school state titles in two years.  Coach Piteira is originally from Portugal where he has played semi pro soccer in the famous LASA league.  Nuno played his college soccer at former NAIA D. III power Rockford (Illinois) College.  Nuno has studied under such coaching greats as Carlos Queiroz (currently coaching Man. United) and Graham Souness ( former Blackburn, Newcastle coach).  He played his youth soccer at the world famous SL Benfica.   

 

Mike Farnham
Director of Player Development

Mike holds a USSF "A" coaching license and the USSF "Youth" coaching license.

Mike has over 18 years of coaching experience at the club, high school, college and professional level with an emphasis on youth players.  His coaching experience includes:

• GA ODP Coach (2005-Present)
• Assistant Coaching Director & Academy Director at NASA (2001-06)
• Coaching Director at Mt. Pleasant Soccer Club, SC (1998-2000)
• Select Director at James Island Youth Soccer Club (1994-98)
• Assistant Coach in A-League with Charleston Battery (1996)
• Assistant Coach Coastal Carolina University (1992-93)
• Boys Select Coach with Coastal FC, Myrtle Beach, SC
• High School Coach at Socastee HS, Wando HS and James Island HS in SC

Mike's playing experience includes:

• Illinois High School 1st Team All-State and ODP, 1986
• Division I Scholarship at Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL (1986-88)
• Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC (1989-90) Captained ’90 CCU to Top 20 Ranking

Mike has a BA from Coastal Carolina University where he majored in History.  You can reach Mike by phone at 678-794-1759 or by email at mike.farnham@gsasoccer.com.

 

Mark Albertus
Goalkeeping Coach