Jorginho embraces coaching path with Arsenal’s encouragement

Arsenal midfielder Jorginho has shared that the club has encouraged him to consider a coaching career, which has prompted him to pursue his coaching badges.

He reveals that Arsenal‘s management has been instrumental in sparking this new interest.

“You know, it’s funny,” Jorginho told arsenal.com. “Everybody always told me, since I was about 22 or 23, ‘You’re going to be a coach one day!’ I guess I always had my arms up when I’m playing, trying to help. But I always said, ‘No, I don’t want to do that, I don’t want to be a coach when I finish. It takes too much time.’”

Initially, he envisioned staying in football but not as a coach, leaning toward a role as a scout or agent to help young players.

“But then I came to Arsenal, and they said, ‘Do you want to do your badges?’ I was like, I’m not sure, but why not. Could be worth having in the pocket one day,” he admitted.

After his first session, though, he was hooked. “That was my mistake – because I loved it! I didn’t go looking for it, it just happened, and maybe it was meant to be.”

Now, he is eagerly working towards his A Licence, describing coaching and tactics as something that “drives me mad!”