Nicolas Jover
Nicolas Jover is a German-born French football manager who is the set piece coach for Premier League club Arsenal. Besides France, he has managed in Croatia and England.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nicolas Jover | ||
Date of birth | 24 October 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Berlin, Germany | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Arsenal (assistant) | ||
Managerial career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2009–2016 | Montpellier (video analyst) | ||
2013 | Croatia (match analyst) | ||
2016–2019 | Brentford (assistant) | ||
2019–2021 | Manchester City (assistant) | ||
2021– | Arsenal (assistant) |
Career
Born in Berlin, Jover started his coaching career at Montpellier as a video analyst and was assisting several managers such as René Girard, Jean Fernandez and Frédéric Hantz at Stade de la Mosson from July 2009 to Jun 2019. When he was working at Montpellier, he took a match analyst role at Croatia as a brief spell in 2013. Then, He moved to England as an assistant coach of Dean Smith at Brentford from July 2016 and be a part of Smith's successor Thomas Frank's coaching team until June 2019. In the summer of 2019 in July, Manchester City appointed Jover as an assistant to Pep Guardiola, specializing at set pieces where he met Mikel Arteta who was performing No.2 at Etihad. Arteta has left Manchester City for Arsenal's Manager job in December 2019 and he then persuaded Jover to join at North London in July 2021. Jover is currently acting as the same position he has done at Man City, a set piece coach of Arsenal.
References
- "Pailladin de l'étranger... Nicolas Jover".
- "Nicolas Jover: Arsenal's set-piece 'genius' is transforming their threat from dead-ball situations". skysports.com.
- "The Arsenal signing you won't know – but who will play a crucial role this season". theathletic.com (Archived).
- "Arsenal's clever corners and their importance in the Premier League title race". theathletic.com (Archived).
- "Arsenal stars swarm Mikel Arteta's "genius" signing after taking the lead at Fulham".
- "Mikel Arteta knows it - and so does his raging set-piece coach Nicolas Jover - Arsenal are a soft touch at dead balls... they CANNOT keep making life difficult for themselves if they are to hold off Manchester City".
- ""Les outils ne sont efficaces que si vous vous en servez intelligemment", explique Nicolas Jover, analyste vidéo". 20minutes.fr.
- "Why set-piece coaches are sweeping the Premier League, from Tottenham's Gianni Vio to Arsenal's Nicolas Jover". inews.co.uk.
- "Gary Neville highlights clever Nicolas Jover set-piece trick as Arsenal beat Crystal Palace". football.london.
- "How Arsenal are using 'rebound players' to find new ways to score from corners". theathletic.com (Archived).
- "The rise of set piece coaches in football". theguardian.com.
- "Nicolas Jover, l'expert des coups de pied arrêtés d'Arsenal". lequipe.fr.