Scout: Caio Mazzo Nogueira
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ABOUT ME
I’m Caio Mazzo Nogueira. Originally from Brazil, and now living in Potsdam, Germany. After earning my bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a minor in Sports Management in the U.S., I decided to pursue my professional goals in Germany. I played college soccer at two NAIA universities, professionally in NISA, and in semi-pro leagues like NPSL, UPSL, and MWPL. I’ve also played for well-known clubs in Brazil and for Regionalliga and Oberliga teams in Germany. Fun fact, I speak Portuguese, English, Spanish, and German.
“Trust the process!” No matter what’s happening in your life, trust the process, work hard, stay humble, be grateful, and enjoy the journey. If you do these things, something great is sure to come your way!
Summer 2018
– AFC Ann Arbor
NPSL Great Lakes Conference Champion
NPSL Regional Finalist
Michigan Milk Cup Champion
– Madonna University
WHAC Conference Champion
1st Team All-Conference
NAIA Nationals – Final Four – Semi-Finalist
2019
– Madonna University
WHAC Finalist – 2nd Place
NAIA Nationals – Sweet Sixteen
2nd Team All-Conference
2020
– Madonna University
Covid
– Detroit United F.C
UPSL Conference Champion
2021
– Detroit United F.C
UPSL Conference Champion
– Detroit City F.C
MWPL Champion
– Rio Grande University
River States Conference Champion
River States Tournament Champion
NAIA Nationals
2022
Michigan Stars F.C
NISA Champion
INTERVIEWS
WHAT IS AN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP?
Athletic as well as academic scholarships are much more common in the US than in most other countries. Athletic scholarships are awarded to athletes of outstanding performance in order to enable them to finance their studies in the US. The athlete participates fully in practice sessions with the college team and represents the university in various tournaments and competitions. The coaches’ job is to professionally look after the teams; in this sense, he has a similar position to that of a professor and is also paid accordingly.
For what reasons are scholarships awarded?
For generations, American universities have had college teams in all kinds of sports. These teams are professionally managed by specially employed coaches and serve as an advertisement for the respective university in numerous competitions. If a team has regional or even nationwide success, the media will cover its development. That is why college teams are a means to market the university in order to recruit new students. For this reason, the universities provide the coaches with a budget to recruit talented athletes from around the world and help them finance their studies or even their entire stay abroad.
Why an athletic scholarship to America
The American College system produces some of the best sporting talent in the world. The facilities, coaching and support networks including sports science, nutrition, physiotherapy and fitness training are all world class. Universities travel the length and breadth of the United States to play each other; it is big business involving, massive corporate sponsorship, fanatical crowds, rich history, and national television coverage. Collegiate sports are as close to a professional environment as it’s possible to get. A normal schedule involves one to two training sessions or practices a day plus additional sports specific weights and fitness sessions within in a normal athletic scholarship. All this alongside a full university degree program.
Athletic Scholarships are funded sports programs that include Football (Soccer), Golf, Basketball, Tennis, Field Hockey, American Football, Baseball, Swimming & Diving, Track and Field, Fencing, Rowing (Crew), Skiing, Gymnastics and many more athletic scholarship programs.