Biography

Luis Branquinho, has a Ph.D. in Sports Sciences from the University of Beira Interior, which obtained the maximum final classification “Approved with Distinction”. He has published several scientific articles and books in the field of Sports Science and his area of specialization is sports training. He is an editor and reviewer for some of the most prestigious international journals in the field of Sports Sciences. He worked as a professor at the Department of Sports Sciences at the University of Beira Interior and at the Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, a researcher and a football coach licensed and recognized by UEFA. In 2016 he received a research grant and won two awards at the University of Beira Interior for his doctoral thesis research project.