Guillem Santesmases — Kalmar FF
Coach Profile

GuillemSantesmases

UEFA Pro Licence

10+Years Pro
4Countries
ProUEFA Licence

UEFA Pro Licence Coach with over 10 years of experience as Head Coach and Assistant Coach in professional football — including promotions, various European qualification rounds, and consistent top-three finishes across different countries.

Profile
About Me

Detail-oriented and analytical, while always keeping the bigger picture in mind. Experience building team identity, game plans, and opposition analysis — connecting tactical ideas with training and match behaviours, using video, data, and staff collaboration to support better decisions.

Experience developing young players and supporting their transition into the first team and professional environments.

A team person who enjoys working within a staff, sharing ideas, challenging details, and adding value. Adaptable across different countries, cultures, roles, and football contexts.

Opposition analysis
Leadership & Values
Leadership and Values
Guillem Santesmases — SJK
Care + Determination
Balance between high demands in everyday coaching and genuine player well-being. We are not only coaching the player, but also the person behind the player.
Clear Philosophy and Vision
The team must know what we stand for — and stick to it when losing as much as when winning. Our identity, standards and way of working must be visible in everything we do every day.
Clarity: Simplifying the Complex
One of the most important roles of a coach is to make the complex simple — clear standards, clear roles, and clear feedback that players can understand, believe in, and execute under pressure. Transforming ideas into actions, and game plans into behaviours.
Self-Awareness
Self-awareness is the foundation for continuous development. Knowing my own strengths and weaknesses — and the team's — is critical for growth. A coach must reflect, adapt, and keep improving with the same commitment demanded from the players.
My Football Identity
I want my teams to be clear, brave and connected. Clear in our behaviours, brave in the way we attack and defend forward, and connected in how every phase supports the next one.
Possession with Purpose

We use the ball to create chances and score — possession is a tool to win games, not an end in itself. We are proactive, we look for advantages, and we always play with the intention to attack.

Aggressive Reaction After Loss

When we lose the ball, our first intention is to win it back immediately.

Collective Defensive Commitment

Everyone is committed to winning the ball back — together, synchronised, with every player understanding their role and responsibility when we don't have it.

Transitions with Clarity

When we recover the ball, we read the moment — if we can progress and score quickly, we do. If not, we keep possession and wait for a better opportunity.

GAME MODEL OFFENSIVE PHASE Possession with purpose DEF. TRANSITION Aggressive reaction DEFENSIVE PHASE Collective commitment OFF. TRANSITION Read the moment
Offensive
Defensive
Highlights
Key Achievements
🏆
Promotion to Allsvenskan
Kalmar FF · Swedish top division
🥈
Silver Medal — Veikkausliiga
Ilves · Finnish top division · Best position in 39 years
🥈
Silver Medal — Superettan
Kalmar FF · Swedish 2nd division
🌍
UEFA Europa Conference League
Experience with different clubs
🎯
Head Coach at 23
Appointed head coach in Finnish second division football — the youngest head coach in the league at the time.
Player Development
First-team transitions and youth national team call-ups
Guillem Santesmases — Silver Medal Ilves
What I Bring
Areas of Expertise
Game Model Development
A game model is only as strong as the clarity it creates. I work to build a football identity that connects every layer — values, squad profile, tactical structure, and daily standards — so that the way we play is not a system imposed on the team, but something they understand, own, and execute under pressure.
Training Design
Sessions designed around specific game moments, not generic exercises. Every session has a purpose connected to what we will face in competition — building automaticity in the behaviours that matter most, so players make the right decisions when it counts.
Opposition Analysis
Analysis is only useful if it changes something. My approach connects what we see on video and data to concrete decisions — a clear game plan, specific adjustments, and information presented in a way that staff and players can act on from day one of preparation.
Player Development
Development happens when players are challenged, supported, and given real responsibility at the right moment. Experience building first-team pathways from academy level, with players earning senior debuts and national team call-ups as measurable outcomes.
Guillem Santesmases

I believe good coaching leaves something valuable behind: a team with solid foundations and a clear direction, players who understand the game better, and a group that has improved and become stronger for the future.

That is the value I want to bring.

I want to be part of a project where the standards are high, the ambition is real and the work is done with purpose. I look forward to building something meaningful together.

LinkedIn ↗ Transfermarkt ↗

Get in Touch

  • NameGuillem Santesmases
  • Phone+34 650 542 152
  • Emailguillem.santesmases@gmail.com
  • Originally fromBarcelona, Spain · Available Internationally
  • LicenceUEFA Pro Licence (early 2027)
  • LanguagesEnglish · Spanish · Catalan · Swedish