Today we have the honor of interviewing André Cunha, he is the CEO & Head of Performance of VOLT SPORTSCIENCE. André is also the former performance manager for Brazilian national soccer player and Arsenal fc striker Gabriel Jesus, where he managed his day by day completely integrated with Manchester City and Arsenal to optimize health and performance from 2018 to 2022.
VOLT SPORTSCIENCE work with Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson, Al Nasser left back Alex Telles, Benfica striker Arthur Cabral, Fulham striker Rodrigo Muniz and others .
Andre also worked as the Head of performance for Estoril Praia in 2016 and he is also worked as a Strength and conditioning coach for Thomaz Bellucci, a professional Brazilian tennis player from 2012 to 2015.
Picture: André Cunha with Arsenal fc striker Gabriel Jesus.
Picture: André Cunha with Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson
Picture: André Cunha with Benfica striker Arthur Cabral
📝Show Notes: Through this interview, we touched on his background, his approach towards performance, nutrition and innovation, and the importance of technologies. We also discussed the best practices that he sees to make sure that there is a good communication for the athlete in a private setting and a team setting. Lastly we talked about the best athletes he worked with.
You can read the full transcript of the podcast interview with Andre located at the top of this blog post.
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