Armando was a critical figure for RFI in its beginnings. He helped to build our program and he developed some of our best players. He understands our values, philosophy and DNA like few others.

Through his coaching career Armando has helped players reach their potential at all levels including young players now currently playing in professional leagues in Portugal, Australia and Spain.

💬 “I have a vision of taking Australian Football by storm and revolutionising the system, with RFI we share the same philosophy, bringing the players back at the center of the focus”.

💬 “I bring my passion, my love for the kids, my football culture of over 20 years of coaching, 10 years of playing and 46 years of being just a football fanatic!”

🎤 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧? 💬 “𝘐'𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯.”

🎤 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧? 💬 “𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯 - 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭.”

🎤 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲 💬 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Josh is passionate about working with young players and has done a great job running zoom sessions to keep players connected and active during the lockdowns and COVID seasons. Josh is a key member of the football department and brings great energy and enthusiasm as a coach. He works closely supporting Armando and the coaches to deliver our program.

🎤 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻? 💬 "𝘐’𝘮 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘍𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯."

🎤 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻? 💬 "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘮 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭."

🎤 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗾𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲: 💬 𝘗𝘦𝘱 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢: “𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺”.