Sylvain Distin
Player
Career Stats:
- 17 years professional (705 games all competitions)
- 15 years in the Premier League (469 games, 562 games all competitions)
Club Honours:
- Coupe de la Ligue (Carabao Cup equivalent) with Gueugnon FC in 2000
- FA Cup with Portsmouth FC in 2008
Individual Honours:
- Manchester City Player of the Year 2002/2003
- Portsmouth Players’ Player of the Year 2007/2008
- Everton Players’ Player of the Season 2011/2012
Records:
- Oldest outfield player in the Premier League 2014/2015 and 2015/2016
- 1st Non-British outfield player to reach 400 Premier League appearances
- Most Premier League appearances for Non-British outfield player
- Top 20 most appearances in Premier League history (19th)
Qualifications:
- Level 3 Personal Trainer with Premier Training International
- Level 4 Strength and Conditioning Coach qualification, olympic lifting for athletes qualification with strength and conditioning education
- Level 2 Advanced Boxing Instructor with Ricky Hatton Academy
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Career
1977
Born. Started playing football and basketball with a friends, chose football so they could still hang out (still very close with most of them yes).
1989 / 1991
Joins local club Rueil athletic club to hang out with best friend.
1991 / 1993
Moved to JS Suresnes and played higher up and started taekwondo - Completed numerous trials and won a place at Paris St Germain Academy.
1993 / 1997
Played for PSG U15’s while still studying at school - Football career on hold for one year due to doctor’s warning to ride out growth spurt – played for U17’s CFA 2 ( League 2 equivalent ), CFA ( National league equivalent ) - Released from PSG at 18, devastated not to receive the Nike bag of kit any more ha ha!
1997 / 1998
US Joué-lès-Tours national league offered him a job and training twice a week.
1998 / 1999
Tours FC offers a semi-pro contract - no day job, just football - happy because never expected more than that.
1999 / 2000
FC Gueugnon ( Championship level equivalent ) 1st professional contract - wins the coupe de la ligue ( FA cup equivalent ).
2000 / 2001
PSG - Playing champions league.
2001 / 2002
Change of manager at PSG means a loan to Newcastle surrounded by legends of Gary Speed, Alan Shearer and Bobby Robson.
2002 / 2007
Manchester City - became Captain 2003.
2007 / 2009
Portsmouth FC - became vice Captain 2007 and captain 2008.
2009 / 2015
Everton FC - became vice captain.
2015 / 2016
AFC Bournemouth.
2016
Retired from the professional game at 38.
2017
Level 3 fitness Instructor and personal training qualification.
2018
Level 4 strength and conditioning coach qualification – Olympic lifting for athletes qualification – Level 2 Hatton academy advanced boxing instructor qualification.
2019
Aventus 15 is launched.
Russell Jolley
MSc ASCC
About:
Russell first started coaching Strength & Conditioning while Rowing for Durham University and studying Biology. He worked with middle distance Athletes to improve their race times. Then he moved to Bournemouth and became the Strength & Conditioning coach for the Varsity sport programme, where he worked with over 250 athletes per year from recreational to Olympic level across over 25 sports.
While Coaching full time for sportBU he obtained a distinction in his Masters degree in Strength & Conditioning at St Mary’s University Twickenham and opened his own performance gym called TeamCC. That was 9 years ago. Since then he has grown TeamCC to 2 locations and its known for its results guaranteed training programs and incredible atmosphere. The goal is take the most effective and proven methods of performance improvement and make them enjoyable and effective for all our members and athletes.
Russell first started coaching Strength & Conditioning while Rowing for Durham University and studying Biology. He worked with middle distance Athletes to improve their race times. Then he moved to Bournemouth and became the Strength & Conditioning coach for the Varsity sport programme, where he worked with over 250 athletes per year from recreational to Olympic level across over 25 sports.
While Coaching full time for sportBU he obtained a distinction in his Masters degree in Strength & Conditioning at St Mary’s University Twickenham and opened his own performance gym called TeamCC. That was 9 years ago. Since then he has grown TeamCC to 2 locations and its known for its results guaranteed training programs and incredible atmosphere. The goal is take the most effective and proven methods of performance improvement and make them enjoyable and effective for all our members and athletes.
Qualifications:
- MSc Strength & Conditioning (Distinction) from St Mary's University Twickenham. Dissertation: Optimal Training Load for Power Development
- BSc Biology (2:1) from Durham University
- United Kingdom Strength & Conditioning Association: Accredited Coach
- ISAK: Level 1
- British Weightlifting: Leader Award
- UK Anti Doping Advisor
- Talented Athlete Lifestyle Support: Mentor
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Career
1985
Born in the hills of Manchester.
2005
Attended Durham University to study Biology.
2006
As part of university training Russell had to improve the sports performance of Durham University’s rowing team. This totally changed my passion for simply going to the gym and replaced it with the real intention of improving overall performance as opposed to simply focusing in on fitness levels and aesthetics.
2007
Began coaching the University Athletics team to improve their race times.
2008
Moved to Bournemouth to work at the University Sports Centre and became a qualified Strength & Conditioning coach working initially with the golf team to help them to their 4th and 5th continuous Southern Premiership victories.
2009
Became Regional Coach for the Talented Athlete Scholarship Team and the full-time Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach for sportBU. Worked with 250 athletes each year across 25 sports from Junior to Olympic level, gaining incredible insight into the preparation of athletes for the demands of their specific sport. Summer was spent increasing his knowledge base by interning at the College of the Canyons in California.
Won the British University Powerlifting Championships.
2010
Keen to keep learning and develop the ability for sports performance, Russell enrolled on a Masters Degree in Strength & Conditioning at St Mary's University. He also opened TeamCC in Poole to fulfill a dream to bring the performance training environment to the public and wider sports. For three years he completed his full-time role at Bournemouth, his Masters and worked at TeamCC.
2013
After the University's most successful year in the British Uni Championships, Russell attained a distinction in his Masters Degree before making the decision to go full-time at TeamCC.
2014 - 2018
Coached Ed Wright in preparation for the Finn Class sailing World Championships and Jon Moore for the Masters BMX World Championships in each of 2015-2018. We rehabbed ski-ers from ACL ruptures, worked with the GB Beach Volleyball team on the World Tour and started to teach the Level 4 Strength & Conditioning qualification to aspiring coaches.
2018
With TeamCC Poole at max capacity Russell wanted to expand the impact so work began on the second location.
2019
TeamCC Bournemouth successfully opened with the goal to take the most effective and proven methods of performance improvement and make them enjoyable and effective for all members and athletes.
Aventus 15 is launched.
I played in defence with Sylvain for 6 years. As a young player it was great to see him continue to be one of the fastest centre backs in the league well into old age! He was always putting the extra effort into going to the gym to keep his speed and power on the pitch. Now I’m 30 I’m starting to see why he was putting all that effort in to keep playing as long as possible.
- SEAMUS COLEMAN, PLAYER -
