Almaz Aregay

Soccer / Football and Sports Coach

Almaz is Collective Leisure’s resident football coach. 

As a certified FIFA coach, Almaz worked as a Sports Administrator for the Ethiopian Football Federation for 8 years. In this role, she was responsible for coordinating and coaching the national teams across all age levels for the youth league, conducting competitions, coordination and management of projects across various stakeholders including regional federations, government departments and NGOs. Her passion for this work led to her being seconded to roles including Head of Women and Technical Director and Team Leader. She also has qualifications in Netball and completed the International Olympics Committee’s Sports Solidarity Program. Almaz studied a Bachelor of Education in Health and Physical Education and a Master of Science in Football Coaching in Ethiopia. 

Almaz has been a teacher and a coach and motivated by her love for learning and succeeding as she strives to become an outstanding and successful woman with the definitive goal of becoming a professional teacher and coach and owning a renowned performing Aerobics Fitness centre.  

Almaz has a keen interest and aerobics, watching movies, playing tennis and most importantly dancing.