Our Coaches
Virgil Seymour
Technical Director
Coach Virgil is Academy’s longest serving youth coach and has been instrumental in developing the club’s football program since 2008. Virgil earned his CONCACAF ‘D’ License in 2012 and is currently Academy’s Technical Director and coach for the U11 Boys team. He has experience coaching all age groups at Academy and has coached Academy teams on many international tournaments including the Dallas Cup, Disney Youth Cup and USA Cup in Minnesota over the past 10 years.
He was the Head Coach of the Cayman Islands U15 team in 2015 and is a former Cayman Islands national team and club player. He has also played competitively in Canada where he also coached a school team. In 2018 he was recognised with a Heroes Day award for his contribution to sports.
Bruno Cancela is a youth Coach with responsibility for Academy’s U17 and U13 boys teams. He is also Head Coach of our Men’s 2nd Division Team.
Bruno was previously a youth coach at ESM and served as U11 boys coach at Prospect Primary School in the Cayman Islands in the PFL 2023-2024 season. Before that he served as Youth Football Coordinator and Chief of Recruitment at Boavista Futebol Clube in the top tier of Portugal football. He also previously coached at Fiaes Sport Clube in Portugal. He has previous experience coaching a range of age groups from U10 to U17 in Portugal.
Bruno also has experience in individual football training where he had the opportunity to work with several professional players including Bruno Fernandes and Ruben Neves among others.
He holds a UEFA B License and completed the Technical Sports Course at Colegio Liceal Santa Maria De Lamas in Portugal.
Fabian Sangines
Youth Coach
Fabian Sangines is Head Coach of Academy’s Women’s Team and also one of our youth coaches. He also serves as the Lead Coordinator of our youth coaches. He has a wealth of experience and a distinguished career in coaching, particularly in the development of female footballers.
Fabian previously served as Assistant Coach for the first division and U19 teams of BSC YB Women in the Swiss Women’s Super League.
Sangines’ coaching journey includes impressive stints as Assistant Coach for the U21 Women’s team at FC Zürich, Head Coach for the U19 Women’s team at FC St. Gallen and roles with various other professional and youth teams.
Sangines holds a Conmebol Pro coaching license and has completed advanced courses in scouting, game analysis, and methodology, underscoring his comprehensive understanding of football coaching and player development. He also speaks four languages.
