FC Helsingør is expanding its team in the USA.
FC Helsingør has added two members to its staff in the USA. These are Omid Namazi, who will become Head of Scouting, or chief scout in the USA, as well as Matt Barnes who will become Sporting Director for North America, or Sports Director in North America.
Chief scout Omid Namazi has an extensive CV, where in addition to most recently having been head coach of the Iranian top club Zob Ahan SC, he has been head coach of the American U18 team, assistant coach of the American U20 national team, as well as assistant coach of the American women's national team.
As assistant coach of the American U20 national team, he helped win the CONCACAF Championship, as part of a team that among others included the American national team legends Brad Friedel and Tab Ramos.
Namazi was furthermore assistant coach under Carlos Quieroz, when the Spaniard qualified Iran for the World Cup in Brazil in 2014.
Matt Barnes comes from a position as head coach of the national team of the small Caribbean island state of Turks & Caicos. His background is primarily in college soccer, where he has led the football programs at four different American universities, St. Marys University, Embry Riddle A. U, Lubbock Christian University and San Francisco State University. Matt Barnes will focus on recruitment and talent work in the USA, and will work together with the sporting management in Denmark on the overall strategy for football at FCH.
The two new appointments will be based in the USA.
