Hello and welcome to THE FUTVE English Podcast, your one stop shop for Venezuelan football in English, bringing you fortnightly episodes dedicated to: - The Venezuelan leagues - The national teams - And the myriad of Venezuelan players around the world Hosted by Jordan and regularly accompanied by FUTVE English members Dominic, Kat, and Kevin, The FUTVE English Podcast brings you unique interviews, data & analysis from all angles. Follow us on Twitter at @FUTVEEnglish.
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Episode #066: Host of The Freekick Pod Todd Lewis joins Jordan Florit for this special episode commemorating Jose 'El Brujo' Martinez's time at Philadelphia Union following his move to Brazilian giants Corinthians. Todd shares: - How Brujo was simultaneously the MLS blueprint for a #6 yet underrated - The Union fans' love for their Venezuela Nation…
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66: Episode #65: How Carabobo Won the 2024 Apertura - Part Two with Opposition Analyst Javier Semeler
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Episode #065: Carabobo FC Opposition Analyst Javier Semeler joins Jordan Florit to open the lid on scouting and analysis in Liga FUTVE. From Carabobo's successful Apertura campaign to who to watch out for in the Clausura, Javier succinctly summarises in his second language how data and good old analysis of the eye assisted Diego Merino and his coac…
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65: Episode #64: How Carabobo Won the 2024 Apertura - Part One with Sporting Director Salvatore Simeone
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Episode #064: Carabobo FC Sporting Director Salvatore Simeone joins Jordan Florit on The FUTVE English Podcast to discuss the project underway at Carabobo, the two-and-a-half-year progress that led up to the Apertura title, and what led him to return from Europe to take up the post in the first place. Salvatore answers questions on: - How to start …
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Episode #063: Renato Vilchez of The Peruvian Waltz joins Jordan Florit to jointly review Venezuela and Peru's World Cup Qualification campaigns to date following their 1-1 draw on 21st November. Vilchez and Florit discuss: - Venezuela's Wonderful Start & Peru's Winless Beginning - Is time up for Peru Head Coach Reynoso? - Copa America 2024 - And qu…
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Episode #062: Diego Sancho joins Jordan Florit to preview Venezuela's U17 World Cup squad and Group ahead of their weekend opener against New Zealand on Sunday 12 November. Sancho graduated from Caracas' prestigious Universidad Catolica Andres Bello in Journalism before beginning his career in professional football as an analyst at Caracas Futbol C…
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62: Episode #61: An Exclusive Interview with Transfer Room on their Partnership with Liga FUTVE
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Episode #061: Diego Atuesta, Transfer Room's Head of Commercial in The Americas, joins Jordan Florit to provide insight into Transfer Room's new partnership with Liga FUTVE & Liga FUTVE 2 which will see the top two divisions of Venezuelan football active on the transfer portal taking football by storm. Atuesta answers questions on: - How the partne…
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Episode #060: Academia Puerto Cabello captain Carlos Rivero joins host Jordan Florit to discuss not just his football career but his life outside it. From turning to philosophy and using the keto diet to improve his performances and personality, the former Caracas and Tachira centre back gives an illuminating interview. The 30-year-old defender sha…
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60: Episode #059: Academia Emeritense's Juan Manuel Paez on FUTVE, Coaching, and Being in the Paez Family
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Episode #059: In Jordan's favourite interview of 2023, Juan Manuel Paez opens up about football in Merida, his coaching philosophy and pedagogical approach, his uncle Richard Paez, and the realities and challenges of academy football in present day Venezuela The Academia Emeritense coach and former Estudiantes de Merida player gives his views on: -…
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Episode #058: Venezuela's CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers for 2026 begin next week, facing Colombia away on Thursday 07 August and hosting Paraguay in Maturin on Tuesday 12 August. Whilst La Vinotinto haven't played competitive football since the 2022 World Cup Qualifying campaign finished, plenty has happened on and off the pitch... Venezuela have p…
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58: Episode #57: Pipo Vivas, Tuti Andrade, and Falling Short in France - Venezuela at the 2023 Maurice Revello
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Episode #057: Venezuela were invited to the prestigious Toulon Tournament, now known as the Tournoi Maurice Revello, for the second consecutive year this summer. Drawn in a group with last year's champions France, Costa Rica, and Saudi Arabia, Venezuela were expecting to need to take all 3 points from the latter two if they were to qualify from Gro…
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Episode #056: Academia Puerto Cabello stormed to the top of the table early on and have been there ever since, losing just once in 14 games and setting a new record in going the first 8 unbeaten. Portuguesa sacked Martin Brignani after just 3 games and replaced him with Jesus Ortiz who has been a revelation. David Martinez has packed in an U20 and …
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Episode #055: Reasat Khaton caused a few ripples in the world of Venezuelan football a year ago when he was unveiled as a new signing of then Segunda Division team Rayo Zuliano. When he made his debut as a second half substitute a couple of months later, he became the first Bangladeshi to debut professionally in South American football, but it wasn…
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Episode #054: Opta Analyst senior editor and social manager Matt Furniss joins host Jordan Florit to discuss what Opta becoming Liga FUTVE's Official Data Partner means for the league, its clubs, and transfer activity. Matt also provides insight on the deal, including the tools various parts of Liga FUTVE and its clubs will now have access to, such…
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54: Episode #053: Liga FUTVE Partners with Opta of Stats Perform & Venezuela U17s Qualify for the World Cup
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Episode #053: At the end of 2022, InStat prematurely ended their relationship with Liga FUTVE as a result of their acquisition by HUDL, who also own WyScout. WyScout also stopped their data and statistical coverage of Liga FUTVE, leaving the visibility of the league from a scouting perspective at a three-year low. It has been a worrying time for cl…
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Episode #052: In 2022, FUTVE English's Kevin Vivas went travelling in Europe for the first time, taking in football games in Spain, Austria, and Denmark. Growing up in Caracas, European football was always on TV - for free - whilst Venezuelan league games were few and far between. Kevin and Jordan discuss growing up as a football fan in Venezuela a…
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52: Episode #051: How Agents Can Offer a Vital Service in Developing Markets Such as Venezuela
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Episode #051: In February, FUTVE English co-host Jordan Florit was a guest speaker at an International Football Forum in Caracas in partnership with the Sports Law Institute and RV Sports Law. This podcast is the 20-minute extract of his speech, entitled, "How Agents Can Offer a Vital Service in Developing Markets Such as Venezuela", in which Jorda…
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51: Episode #50: "The Individual Technical Level is Very High" - Ash Civil on his experiences in FUTVE
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Episode #050: Recently, TPV 1930 Head Coach Ash Civil took time out of his Finnish preseason to spend time on his professional development in...Venezuela! The English coach, who has worked in the private and professional system at academy and senior first team level, spent eight football filled days in Caracas, observing Deportivo La Guaira Head Co…
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Episode #049: Podcast Co-Host Dominic Jose Bisogno flies solo to preview the MLS 2023 season from an exclusively Venezuelan perspective. From league record breaker Josef Martinez to first team hopeful Jesus Bueno - with the Junior Morenos and Miguel Navarros in between - Dominic provides insight and predictions on the campaign ahead. Including The …
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Episode #048: Zulia Futbol Club fan Ricardo Aguilar joins hosts Jordan and Kevin to discuss his club's sudden and harsh disappearance from Liga FUTVE and the fans' plans for them to rise again from the Third Division. Ricardo reveals: How, as Zulia Football Club, the team plan on returning to Liga FUTVE A membership model for the running of the clu…
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Episode #047: Jordan and Dominic preview the upcoming Liga FUTVE season and touch upon the U20 Sudamericano so far, inncluding: How preseason has played out for several teams The future of Deportivo Lara Estudiantes, Mineros, and UCV's close encounter with death The highlights of the Transfer Window And predictions for the season ahead Thank you fo…
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Episode #046: Jordan is joined by experts on Argentine, Brazilian, Colombian, Paraguayan, and Peruvian football in this whistle-stop tour of Group A at the U20 South American Championships. Containing continental heavyweights Argentina and Brazil and tournament hosts Colombia, it's the tougher of the two groups on paper. Santiago Bauza talks of the…
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Episode #046: Jordan is joined by experts on Bolivian, Chilean, Ecuadorean, and Uruguayan football in this whistle-stop tour of Group B at the U20 South American Championships. Venezuela will be competing in this group with the desire to finish in the top three and advance to the Final Stage to fight for U20 World Cup qualfification. Jordan and Dom…
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45: Episode #044: The FUTVE English End of Year Review: Liga FUTVE, La Vinotinto, and VenEx!
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Episode #044: Jordan, Dominic, and Kevin review the past 12 months in the world of Venezuelan football, from first-time domestic league champions Metropolitanos to Deyna Castellanos' headline move to Manchester City Women's. With Jose Nestor Pekerman winning 5 of his 10 games of the men's national team and the U23s reaching the final of the Toulon …
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Episode #043: 2022 Liga FUTVE Champion Andres Ferro spoke to us from the Venezuela National Team camp in Dubai ahead of friendlies with Panama and Syria. The 21-year-old has been called up to the senior national team for the first time, capping a fantastic year for the centre back. We spoke to the Metropolitanos defender about: Four Fantastic Years…
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43: Episode #042: An Exclusive and All-Encompassing Interview with Venezuelan Football Legend Cheche Vidal
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Episode #042: The 1979 Venezuelan Player of the Year represented Venezuela at the 1980 Olympics, took a mid-career break to study engineering in the United States, and went on to found FIFA.com. He's been on the organising committee of numerous World Cups and other major sporting events, but he is lesser known to today's generation of football fans…
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42: Episode #041: UCV for Relegation? Zamora for the Libertadores? The Liga FUTVE 2022 Midyear Review
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Episode #041: Jordan and Dominic discuss the first half of the 2022 season in which, after 17 of the 30 regular stage gameweeks, Metropolitanos are top and UCV are bottom, reigning champions Tachira are just inside the top four, and 2021's runners-up Caracas are miles off the pace. The two co-hosts discuss: Whether Metropolitanos can keep it up wit…
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Episode #040: Colombian football expert and recruiter Simon Edwards is back on The FUTVE English Podcast to preview Venezuela's Toulon Tournament semifinal opposition Colombia. Jordan quizzes Simon on: • Colombia’s Tournament so far • Their Key Players and Ones to Watch • And Expectations for the Game Simon also gives his thoughts on the importance…
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Episode #039: Ghanaian football expert and award-winning sports journalist Saddick Adams special guests on The FUTVE English Podcast to preview Venezuela's Toulon Tournament opposition Ghana. Jordan quizzes Saddick on: Ghana's squad for the Tournament Ghana's Key Players and Ones to Watch Expectations for the Tournament And Liga FUTVE's relationshi…
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Episode #038: Mexican football expert and former ESPN Mexico City correspondent Nayib Moran special guests on The FUTVE English Podcast to preview Venezuela's Toulon Tournament opposition Mexico. Jordan quizzes Nayib on: Mexico's squad for the Tournament Mexico's Key Players and Ones to Watch Expectations for the Tournament And Latin America's foot…
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Episode #037: Indonesian football expert and Football Business Academy graduate Yeremias Fade special guests on The FUTVE English Podcast to preview Venezuela's Toulon Tournament opposition Indonesia. Jordan quizzes Yeremias on: Indonesia's squad for the Tournament Indonesia's Key Players and Ones to Watch Indonesia's expectations for the Tournamen…
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Episode #036: Geraldine Carrasquero has quickly become a Venezuelan reference point across South American football thanks to her ESPN commentary on Liga FUTVE clubs' continental campaigns. Be it Caracas and Tachira in the Libertadores, or La Guaira and Metropolitanos in the Sudamericana, Geraldine flowers her narration with context, background, and…
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Episode #035: Following your club across the country is one level of dedication - especially in Venezuela. Following your club across the continent in the Copa Libertadores is on an entirely different level. Just two fans living in the Venezuelan capital have managed to follow their club, Caracas, on the road across South America this season, fathe…
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Episode #034: With 4 out of 6 gameweeks played in the group stages of both the Copa Libertadores and Sudamericana Jordan and Dominic take a look at Venezuela's four participants: The FUTVE English hosts focus on: Deportivo La Guaira's Struggle to Balance League and Cup Football Metropolitanos' Results vs. Performances Deportivo Tachira's Missed Mom…
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Episode #033: With nearly a third of the regular season played, Jordan Florit reviews the 2022 season so far. Jordan puts the spotlight on: The Top and Bottom Four The Early Goleadors Maria Morr's Magnificent Metropolitanos And the struggles of UCV, Mineros and Zulia Jordan also discusses Deportivo La Guaira's excellent start and recent slump, the …
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Episode #032: Caracas Futbol Club captain Kaki Rivero, Envigado midfielder George Saunders, and agent Mauricio Andrade join host Jordan Florit to discuss whether Liga FUTVE is ready for its first English footballer. They discuss: - George Saunders' nine-year career as an English midfielder in Colombia - Why owners and clubs have so far been hesitan…
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Episode #031: Co-hosts Jordan Florit and Dominic Bisogno review the Copa Sudamericana qualifiers for Venezuela's four entrants. They discuss: - Estudiantes' Errors - Metro's Magical Start - And the end of the Hermanos Colmenarez fairytale Metropolitanos advance after beating Estudiantes de Merida 0-2 and 4-0, while Deportivo La Guaira came from 2-0…
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Episode #030: Co-hosts Jordan Florit and Kevin Vivas discuss the hottest talking points in Liga FUTVE after the opening weekend of action. They discuss: - Early indications and the three Clasicos - The Absolution of Venezuela's Juvenile Rule - And Monagas' and Lara's early Libertadores exit Notably, it was the first weekend of Liga FUTVE action sin…
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30: Episode #029: The Liga FUTVE Sporting Director Turned Agent with 8 League Titles, Karim Assafo
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Episode #029: Host Jordan Florit interviews Venezuelan football agent Karim Assafo. The former General Manager of bitter rivals Caracas Futbol Club and Deportivo Tachira delivers a 45 minute education in Venezuelan league football. Assafo shares his views on: - His time at Caracas and Tachira - Venezuela's Juvenile Rule - And the future of youth fo…
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29: Episode #028: Exclusive interview with Carabobo Futbol Club General Manager Federico Rojas
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Episode #028: Carabobo Futbol Club General Manager Federico Rojas joins hosts Jordan Florit and Dominic Bisogno to discuss Carabobo's new ownership, their January Transfer Window, and the long term project they're looking to build at the Estadio Misael Delgado. Rojas also talks about: - Their transfer recruitment policy - Data in football, baseball…
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Episode #027: Jordan Florit is joined by Scottish football analyst Patrick Caskie, a freelance data analyst and writer who plunged FUTVE into the eyes of Between The Lines readers in late 2021 with a superb set of data-visuals and astute analysis of Caracas striker Samson Akinyoola. Caskie gives his views on: - Why FUTVE appealed to a Scottish univ…
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Episode #026: Regular Co-Host Dominic Jose Bisogno flies solo for the final FUTVE English Podcast of 2021, merging his passion for Venezuelan football with his expertise in MLS to bring you five Venezuelans he predicts will have vital 2022 campaigns. Dominic discusses: - Christian Makoun's revelatory 2021 - Daniel Pereira's debut MLS season as the …
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26: Episode #025: Juan Camilo Perez to Breiðablik & Icelandic Football ft. Hjörvar Hafliðason
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Episode #025: Iceland's Dr. Football Hjörvar Hafliðason joins us to discuss Icelandic football ahead of Juan Camilo Perez's move to 2021 Runners-Up Breidablik. A former player himself - including a brief stint with Stoke - Hjörvar pulled no punches with his comedic assessments and discussion around Venezuelan and Icelandic football, respectively an…
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Episode #024: Jordan Florit and Dominic Bisogno is joined by 90Min's Chris Smith, an MLS and Atlanta United reporter who broke the news of the Darwin Matheus signing at the start of 2021 and knows more than most about club legend Josef Martinez! Chris discusses: - Atlanta's Venezuelan Trio: Josef, Matheus, and Ronald Hernandez - Breaking transfer s…
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Episode #023: Jordan Florit and Dominic Bisogno is joined by fellow FUTVE English colleague Kevin Vivas to review the Opening Stage of the 2021 Liga FUTVE stage and cast an eye towards the Closing Stage. The trio discuss: - The Shocks and Stories of the Opening Stage - Standout Performers of the Season So Far - Predictions for the Title and Contine…
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23: Episode #022: An Exclusive Interview with Cem Sagar - The Man Who Unearthed a 17-year-old Samson Akinyoola
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Episode #022: Jordan Florit speaks to football agent Cem Sagar about his client Samson Akinyoola and Venezuela's new African wave of talent. From next in line Ade Oguns to talents yet to arrive on the scene, Sagar enlightens us on scouting wonderkids in Nigeria and his how a Benin-born striker ended up in Venezuela via Slovakia. The London-based ag…
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Episode #021: Regular co-hosts Dominic Bisogno and Jordan Florit preview Venezuela's upcoming World Cup Qualifiers against Brazil, Ecuador, and Chile against the backdrop of a Federation who wants to establish a new identity and a fanbase and journalistic landscape angry at absentees. With level-headedness in abundance, Dominic assertively addresse…
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Episode #020: It's a special edition this week as The FUTVE English Podcast reaches twenty episodes: co-hosts Jordan and Kevin speak exclusively with Metropolitanos and Venezuela midfielder Christian Larotonda in his house in Caracas! With Mrs. Larotonda supplying delicious coffee, homemade juice, and excellent empanadas, Larotonda discusses: - Bei…
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Episode #019: Jordan and Dominic discuss what went wrong for Venezuela in September's disastrous World Cup qualifying triple header with Argentina, Peru, and Paraguay. Jordan thinks it's all over while Dominic clings on to the last remnants of hope, as they go through: - Venezuela 1-3 Argentina in front of a Caracas crowd - Peru 1-0 Venezuela and V…
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Episode #018: Regular co-host Dominic Bisogno picks out his eight Venezuelans to look out for as new seasons kick off around Europe. Dominic highlights: - Eric Ramirez's move to Ukrainian Champions Dynamo Kyiv - Club Brugge's long term strategy for Dani Perez - And Romelo Otero's new lease of life on offer in Mexico From established La Liga players…
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Episode #017: Manuel Veth is Transfermarkt's USA Area Manager and joins us to discuss player values, the global market, and how clubs, players, and scouts use one of football's biggest databases to inform, improve, and influence the world of football. Manuel speaks about: - Transfermarkt's reputation and reliability - His background and role as USA…
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