Striker development from someone who plays the position professionally. Honest assessments of where your game stands, straight answers about the road to European football, and coaching that turns the gaps into goals.
No packages padded with fluff. One tells you exactly where your game stands. One tells you exactly how the road to Europe works. One gets in the trenches with you and fixes what's holding you back. All of them come with the version of the truth most people won't give you.
Send me your match footage. I assess you the way clubs assessed me — eight attribute categories, tenth-point precision ratings, benchmarked honestly against your stated level.
I made the move from Canada to professional football in Europe. If that's your goal, I'll show you the actual road — the registration rules, the trials, the costs, and where your level realistically fits.
The scouting report tells you what's wrong. This fixes it. Remote striker-specific coaching built around your finishing, movement and decision-making — from someone who plays the position professionally, not a generalist coach.
Every report follows the same fixed structure, so when you re-order, the improvement is measurable — not vibes.
I'm Owen Degelman, a Canadian-Irish striker. I've played in the Canadian Premier League with Halifax Wanderers, in Germany's Regionalliga with TSV Aubstadt, and in the Northern Irish Championship with Armagh City FC — three countries, three football cultures, three different standards to adapt to.
Nobody handed me the European route. I learned the registration rules, the trial culture, and what coaches here actually value by living it — including the parts that cost me time and money. That's the knowledge in every report and every call.
I won't tell you or your kid what you want to hear. Inflated ratings, a pathway plan built on wishful thinking, or a training programme copied from someone else's game — none of that moves a player forward. What I offer is the perspective of someone who has been assessed, rejected, signed and coached across three countries, applied honestly to where you are right now.
Tell me what you're after — a scouting report, a pathway call, a spot on the coaching waitlist, or just whether any of it makes sense for your situation. I answer everything myself, usually within 24 hours.
owen@9performance.ca