Ahmed Aljubouri (AJ)
Contact Details:
- Location: Dubai
- Phone: +971 56 613 1653
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: www.mesopoperformance.com
Description
23+ years' total experience, former semi-professional footballer in England playing at the Conference National League playing for Woking FC, Farnborough Town FC, and later Cobham FC. Had the privilege growing up in the United Kingdom and the opportunities to play from grass roots level to national level football leagues and captaining several teams including my university team in the UCAS league. Trialing for Atalanta de Bergamo FC in 1995 and Queens Park Rangers FC in 1996 before having the opportunity to also train with the Iraqi National Football Team in 2004 at the Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre in the United Kingdom.
Spanning from 1989 to 2014 both playing and later coaching footballers at an English FA Academy as well as taking up cycling since 1989 in Tunisia.
Later turned endurance sports athlete from 2015, having raced multiple cycling and multisport races including completing several Ironman 70.3 distances and Powerman middle distance, as well as cycling road races and time trials around the Middle East and Europe.
As a certified high-performance coach/trainer, taking care of the people working with and always thrive to achieve the best attention to detail to data in performance. Strongly believe in applying sports science to practical implementation and seek long term visions more so than short term visions. I have had the privilege to coach Rabdan Men's Cycling Team, Abu Dhabi Cycling Club Women's Team, both UAE based. I also had the privileged to coach the Iraq Cycling Federation Women's Team and winning gold and silver medals at continental level and at the Arab Championships 2022 in Sharjah, UAE. And more recently I represented the Iraqi Cycling Federation Women’s Team at the Arab Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in December 2023. I have also been commissioned by the UCI officially to be their expert in delivering the UCI Level 2 coaching programmes fo the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
As a professional consultant, I worked for many years at senior management capacity level for international companies in real estate development such as Nakheel, Meraas Holding, Dubai Holding, Emaar and more recently with Arada Development. A family man, with two children, Ahmed is no stranger to integrating high volume and demands into a family life.
Why Choose Ahmed Aljubouri (AJ)
Tried and tested certified high-performance coach by the UCI, British Cycling Federation and UESCA;
- General Health and Fitness
- Triathlons and Duathlons (all distances)
- Cycling (Road and Track)
- Time Trial Specialist (working with CdA and My Best Bike Split)
- Running (all distances)
- Training Peaks and WK05 Detailed Analytics
MESOPO is derived from the ancient name of Mesopotamia 'بلاد الرافدين' which from the Greek meaning 'between two rivers' the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, is located in modern day Iraq, running in parallel providing life and opportunities to the people of Mesopotamia which was known as the fertile crescent and the cradle of civilization.
MESOPO is created with the same aspiration, mission, and vision to help and guide the people with care, knowledge, and passion in sport and as a lifestyle.
Qualifications:
- MBA
- MSc in Construction Management and Law
- BSc in Civil Engineering
- National Diploma in General Engineering
- UCI Level 4 (CAS) Coach
- UCI level 3 (Diploma) Coach
- UCI Level 1 & 2 Mechanic and Coach
- British Cycling Federation Level 1 & 2 Coach
- UESCA Running Coach
- English FA Level 2 Coach
- FIFA Licensed Agent (Intermediary Representative)
- Precision Nutrition Level 1 Coach
- Certified First Aid with British Cycling Federation and UCI
- Child Protection Awareness in Sport
- Training Peaks Advanced Essentials
- WADA High Performance Education Programme
Class Schedule
- Private Lessons (subject to availability)
- Group Training
- UCI Certified Coaching Programme Expert for Level 2 Certification to Middle East, Africa and Asia Federations
- Corporate, Groups as well as Individual Talks/Presentation on Coaching face to face and online (advanced booking required)
Experience
- UCI Coaching Programme Expert Lecturer
- Iraqi Cycling Federation Head Coach for the Women’s Team
- Saudi Arabia Cycling Federation Coaching Programme Expert
- UAE Cycling Federation Advisor
- ADCC Women’s Elite Coach
- Rabdan Cycling Team Head Coach
- Belori UCI Continental Cycling Team Assistant DS to Women’s Team
- High-Performance Coach working with multiple level from elite amateur level to professional level
- Threshold Testing
- Vo2 Max Testing
- Fatigue Resistance Testing
- Competed in Triathlon and Duathlon races including Ironman, ITU, and Powerman events
- Competed in Running and Cycling events at national levels
- Coached to Gold and Silver Winning Arab Champions
