Inside Football Medicine Inside Football Medicine

Football medical consulting & audit

Better decisions.
Better performance.

Inside Football Medicine helps professional clubs and national teams turn their medical organisation into a performance driver.

What we believe

Medical performance is decided by what flows between the medical staff and the rest of the club — not by what is diagnosed in isolation.

A club can bring together excellent professionals and still lose players, time and points. The problem rarely lies in individual competence, but in the links between management, coaching staff, performance and medical.

IFM observes these interfaces, on the pitch and on match day, and helps the club make them solid.

Our philosophy →

Players and staff gathered in a circle in the middle of a stadium, seen from behind, before a session

Our services

One method, three audiences.

IFM Pro

Professional clubs and national teams

Two forms of support:

IFM Academy

Academies and youth development centres

Dedicated support for player development

In preparation

IFM Executive

Companies and leaders

Talks and workshops on decision-making under pressure

Discover →
Cover of Inside Notes No. 1

Inside Notes · No. 1 · October 2026

From Field Experience to Better Decisions

Our first publication: how a medical organisation turns incomplete information and different areas of expertise into coherent decisions.

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Portrait of Manuel Afonso, founder of Inside Football Medicine

The founder

Manuel Afonso, MD

A sports physician for more than twenty years. He has led medical departments in professional clubs and national teams, from Ligue 2 to the World Cup.

  • CS Sedan Ardennes
  • Senegal national team
  • Olympique Lyonnais
  • Angola national team
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Let's talk about your organisation.

A first conversation, with no commitment, to understand your situation and see how IFM can help.