Luis Branquinho has a Ph.D. in Sports Sciences from the University of Beira Interior, in which he obtained the maximum final classification of “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, licensed football coach recognized by the UEFA, and a technical scientific consultant at São Paulo Futebol Clube, Brazil. In 2016, he received a research grant and won two awards at the University of Beira Interior for his doctoral thesis research project