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Experience

Different environments.
Same responsibility.

National teams, a Major League Soccer club, Swedish senior and academy football, football education and football technology. Selected roles first, then the full career.

Indonesia · 2026–present

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Garudayaksa FC

Assistant Coach

Assistant coach at Garudayaksa FC in the Jakarta metropolitan area, a newcomer club in Indonesia’s Super League. Appointed in July 2026.

John Wall seated on the Garudayaksa FC bench at Gelora Pakansari stadium with a notebook
John Wall walking along the touchline with a notebook during a Garudayaksa FC match

Remote · October 2024 – March 2026

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Columbus Crew

Scandinavian Scout

International scout for the MLS club, covering Scandinavia. The work: evaluate players in context, and write reports that support decisions.

Recruitment decisions sat with the club’s technical department. My role was to inform them.

  • Live scouting across Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
  • Player profiling aligned with the club’s game model and positional needs.
  • Collaboration with the technical department on first-team recruitment.
  • Decision support connecting tactical fit, market availability, cost and development trajectory.
  • Working within the context of MLS roster construction, salary budget and allocation rules.

Jamaica Football Federation · September 2022 – July 2024

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Jamaica

Assistant Coach (MNT/U20)

Three distinct responsibilities within the federation:

Senior team assistant coach

  • Assistant to head coach Heimir Hallgrímsson.
  • Opposition analysis combining data, video and tactical synthesis.
  • World Cup qualifying work.
  • Concacaf Nations League and Copa América preparation.
  • Recruited and set up a global scouting network for diaspora players, bringing in internationals including Demarai Gray, Joel Latibeaudiere and Di’Shon Bernard.

U20 head coach

  • Responsibility for the national U20 programme.
  • Concacaf U20 qualification.
  • Player identification.
  • The development pathway from club to national team.

FIFA Talent Development Scheme project lead

  • Authored the national talent development white paper.
  • FIFA funding secured for the programme.
  • Club partnerships developed in England, Germany and France.

Team milestones during this period

  • 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup: semi-finalist, beaten by Mexico.
  • 2024 Concacaf Nations League Finals: third place.
  • 2024 Copa América: qualified.

These are team results. They belong to the players and the whole staff.

John Wall in a Jamaica Football Federation jacket holding a Concacaf Nations League Finals bronze medal
Concacaf Nations League Finals bronze medal.
John Wall in Jamaica Football Federation kit talking with a fellow coach on the training pitch
Session planning with the staff on the training pitch.
John Wall listening in a team huddle with Jamaica players and staff during a national team camp
Team talk, October 2023 camp.

Finland Men’s National Team · December 2015 – December 2016

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Finland

Tactical Analyst, Men’s National Team

Analysis built around one cycle, the Analysis Circle: Plan → Observe → Analyze → Feedback. The aim was always to turn analysis into tactical behaviour, working with coaches and players across camps and matchdays.

International opposition during this period included Germany, Croatia, Ukraine, Iceland, Italy, Belgium and Poland.

  • Opposition analysis, set-piece strategies and planning.
  • Individual player meetings and group tactical meetings.
  • Match observation, pre- and post-match reporting, statistics and video breakdown.
  • Player-specific instructions, opponent tendencies, tactical trends and in-game adjustments.

AIK Fotboll · Stockholm · 2009–2014

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AIK

U19 Coach / Head of Analysis

U19

  • Coaching the U19 team.
  • Daily staff leadership.
  • Player development.

Analysis

  • Built a statistical database for the academy.
  • Filming and video editing.
  • Fitness work.
  • Reports for the technical board.

Earlier career

Head coaching, education and football technology

Head coaching

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LB07

Head Coach · 2020–2021

First-team coaching with a structured playing style, opponent-specific preparation and in-game adjustments.

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Nyköpings BIS

Men’s First-Team Head Coach · Division 1 · 2014–2017

Football education

NIU Nyköpings Gymnasium

Football Instructor · 2014–2019

Elite football programme for players aged 16–19, aligned with Swedish FA curricula.

Solna Gymnasium

Head of Football Education · 2010–2014

Football technology

GameInsight

COO · 2021–2023

Connecting what coaches need with what a product team can build.

Fotbollsajten

Technical Director, then CEO · 2014–2021

Education & licences

  • UEFA A licence, Swedish FA (2006).
  • University of Gävle: Health and Physical Education / Fitness, 2006–2008.
  • Dalarna: Sports & Science, 2003–2006.

Publications

  • Research World Cup
  • Rotations & Interchanges
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