Graham Rix talks with Continental Aspire Soccer TV founder - Nick Donnelly about Graham's:

- tips for aspiring professional players and their parents
-  why it is tougher to become footballer now then it was 20 years ago
- the myths of youth development.

About Graham Rix:

As a professional football player, Graham Rix started as an apprentice with Arsenal in 1974, where he stayed until 1988. The following year Graham joined the French club - Caen.

As a professional football coach:

Graham has a wealth of coaching experience within English professional clubs.
He joined Chelsea as a youth team coach in mid-1993.
Between 2001 and 2002, Rix managed Portsmouth.
In 2004, he was managing  Oxford United; in 2005 - Hearts 2005 and in 2012 - Central.

Achievements:

- five appearances at the 1982 World Cup
- a 4–0 win over Norway in 1980
- a 1–0 win over Northern Ireland in 1984

About Continental Aspire Soccer TV host - Nick Donnelly:

Nick Donnelly is the CEO & Founder of the Continental Aspire Soccer - the professional football academy launched in 2018.

Nick has the passion for football since his childhood. He started his professional football career with Bangor Boys Brigade and then progressed to Ards Rangers and Bangor F.C. Nick then moved to the boyhood club Linfield F.C.and DC United in the MLS. Nick's professional career has ended in 2003 as the result of injury.

After his retirement as the professional football player, Nick worked four years in the Nike football marketing department in the United States.

In the later years, Nick moved to the football player recruitment and coaching for leading clubs in England, Scotland, Spain, Belgium, Holland, France, Greece and Italy. 

Podcast by Continental Aspire Soccer Limited CC BY-SA 4.0