Academic staff
Dr Mario Borges
borgesm@lsbu.ac.uk
Human Sciences
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9763-0292 (unauthenticated)
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I am a Senior Lecturer and Course Director for the BSc(Hons) in Sports Coaching and Analysis. I joined LSBU in 2014 as a Lecturer in Sports Coaching and Analysis, having previously worked as a Sport and PE Teacher as well as a Handball Coach. I was awarded a research fellowship by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and I completed a PhD in Human Kinetics at the University of Lisbon. I am currently teaching both sports degrees in the modules such as Perception and Action 1, Placement, Sports Populations and Coaching Groups, Notational and Performance Analysis, Placement and Employability.
My research interests are in coach education, sport migration and notational analysis in sport. Over the past years, I have been studying the perceptions of migrant coaches in relation to their recruitment process, motivations to migrate and migration experience as a whole. I have investigated the patterns and networks of Portuguese coaches’ migration and examined how foreign coaches are viewed through media discourse. I have been studying the coaches’ immigration to the United Kingdom by analysing the foreign and native coaches’ views on migration. With the support from the UEFA Research Grant 2017/18, my research in sports migration also provided insight for cultural intelligence in the sports context and informed about the cross-cultural training needs of football coaches to work with people from different countries. Recently, I was awarded with the FIFA Scholarship 2022/23 to implement and evaluate a cross-cultural training programme for football coaches. I have studied the learning and professional development of sports coaches by examining their knowledge and competences. I have also been studying the passing networks in team sports, particularly in football and handball.
Courses taught
Sport and Exercise Science - BSc (Hons)
Sports Coaching and Analysis - BSc (Hons)
Postgraduate Research Supervision
Current
| Mr Louis Gladstone Annan | Doctoral Research Project | PhD |
| Miss Deniz Urgun | Doctoral Research Project | PhD |
Faculty of Human Kinetics
Lisbon University
Portugal
Faculty of Sport
Porto University
Portugal
Maia Higher Institute
Porto University
Portugal
Higher Education Academy
United Kingdom
Course Director BSc Sports Coaching and Analysis
Module leader for Placement, Notational and analysis of Performance, Sporting Populations and coaching Groups
Module leader for Placement, Notational and analysis of Performance, Sporting Populations and coaching Groups
| Funder | Year won | Project | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Centre for Sports Studies | 2022 | Evaluation of a cross-cultural training program for football coaches | Principal Investigator |
| Union of European Football Associations | 2017 | "Football coaches' (im)mobility: motivations, prejudices and training" | Principal Investigator |
| Proposal | Project | Role | Funder | Status | Status last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of a cross-cultural training program for football coaches | Evaluation of a cross-cultural training program for football coaches | Principal Investigator | International Centre for Sports Studies | OPEN Approved for submission | Mar 2022 |
Coaches’ migration: decisions and perceived importance of international experience
Borges, M., Rosado, A. and De Oliveira, R. (2024). Coaches’ migration: decisions and perceived importance of international experience. Migration and Diversity. 3 (1), pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.33182/md.v3i1.3121
Perspectives on the cross-cultural challenges and coping strategies of sport coaches
Urgun, D., Borges, M., De Oliveira, R. and Vangeli, E. (2023). Perspectives on the cross-cultural challenges and coping strategies of sport coaches . British Psychological Society Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology 2023 Annual Conference. Edinburgh 28 - 29 Nov 2023
The cross-cultural training needs of football coaches
Borges, M., Rosado, A., Lobinger, B., Freitas, F. and De Oliveira, R. (2023). The cross-cultural training needs of football coaches. International Sport Coaching Journal. https://doi.org/10.1123/iscj.2022-0018
Foreign coaches viewed through media discourse
Borges, M., Rosado, A. and De Oliveira, R. (2022). Foreign coaches viewed through media discourse. Sports Coaching Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2022.2077519
Cultural intelligence in sport: An examination of football coaches’ cross-cultural training needs
Borges, M., Rosado, A., Lobinger, B., Freitas, F and De Oliveira, R. (2022). Cultural intelligence in sport: An examination of football coaches’ cross-cultural training needs. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12662-022-00825-y
Coaches’ Immigration to the United Kingdom: What do Foreign and Native Coaches think about migration
Sain, A., Borges, M. and De Oliveira, R. (2022). Coaches’ Immigration to the United Kingdom: What do Foreign and Native Coaches think about migration. Sociología del Deporte. 3 (1), pp. 13-26. https://doi.org/10.46661/socioldeporte.6430
Coaches’ cultural intelligence: How do coaches rate themselves and what are their cultural training needs?
Borges, M., Rosado, A., Lobinger, B., Freitas, F. and De Oliveira, R. (2022). Coaches’ cultural intelligence: How do coaches rate themselves and what are their cultural training needs? FEPSAC 2022 - 16th European Congress of Sport & Exercise Psychology. Padova - Italy 11 - 16 Jul 2022
Passing Networks: An Examination of the Prevalence of Positions in Positional Attack in Handball
Borges, M. and Seeley, J. (2022). Passing Networks: An Examination of the Prevalence of Positions in Positional Attack in Handball. The 9th International Performance Analysis Workshop and Conference & 5th IACSS Conference. Vienna 30 - 31 Aug 2021 Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99333-7_8
What makes young people get involved with street gangs in London? A study of the perceived risk factors
Annan, L., Gaoua, N., Mileva, K. and Borges, M. (2021). What makes young people get involved with street gangs in London? A study of the perceived risk factors. Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22767
Portuguese football coaches’ migration: Patterns and networks in 2009-2013
Borges, M., Freitas, F., Rosado, A. and De Oliveira, R. (2020). Portuguese football coaches’ migration: Patterns and networks in 2009-2013. Sociología del Deporte. 1 (2), pp. 37-48. https://doi.org/10.46661/socioldeporte.5098
Passing networks in football: Selected Manchester United matches during the 2015-2016 season
Kopliku A., Seeley, J. and Borges, M. (2018). Passing networks in football: Selected Manchester United matches during the 2015-2016 season. 2018 World Congress of Performance Analysis of Sport XII . Opatija, Croatia 19 - 23 Sep 2018
Coaches’ migration: a qualitative analysis of recruitment, motivations and experiences
Borges, M, Rosado, A, de Oliveira, RF and Freitas, F (2014). Coaches’ migration: a qualitative analysis of recruitment, motivations and experiences. Leisure Studies. 34 (5), pp. 588-602. https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2014.939988
Handball coaches' perceptions about the value of working competences according to their coaching background
Mesquita, I., Borges, M., Rosado, A. and Souza, A. (2011). Handball coaches' perceptions about the value of working competences according to their coaching background. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine. 10 (1), pp. 193-202.