After an early end to his career, Matija Radikon finds a coaching challenge on the other side of the world: he swaps Nova Gorica for Singapore
A few days ago, Singapore moved to
Alen Kozar
, a long-time football player of Mura, and now Matija Radikon, who was a member of Slovenia’s youth national team from August 2021 to July 2022, has also moved to the other side of the world.
Gorica
. After the latter returned back to
Telemach First League
, Matija Radikon said goodbye to the Nova Gorica club, but continued to work with them. He took up coaching, absorbing the knowledge of his more experienced colleagues and passing it on to young goalkeepers, and will now make his living coaching in Asia.
As Gorica revealed on their website, Radikon has left for Lion City Sailors, where he will train young goalkeepers in the local academy. In this role, he replaced former Gorica player Kris Stergulc, who took over the role of goalkeeping coach for the Singaporean first division team.
Thank you for the opportunity
“In Gorizia I got my first experience as a professional coach. The club has given me the opportunity to work and learn alongside coaches like Borut Mavric and Kris Stergulc, with whom I will be reunited in Singapore. It was the first time I had to deal with how to plan my training on a weekly and monthly basis, and the experience definitely helped me in my development as a coach. I would like to thank Gorica for the opportunity and the trust it has shown in me,” said Matija Radikon, who also spent some time in Italy with Udinese in his youth .
On his involvement in a country of just over 5.5 million people, Radikon added: “I am positively impressed by the way it works, the organisation and the infrastructure. The academy is organised at the highest level and is comparable to clubs in the top European leagues. I am very happy to have joined the club, as I think I will gain a lot from this new experience. My short-term goal is to further develop as a coach and make the most of the opportunity offered by Lion City Sailors. The long-term goal is to work as a goalkeeper coach in Europe.”
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