About me

Hi everyone, I am Max Complin, and I wanted to say welcome to mcmentoringhub. I am 20 years old and am currently a student at the University of Chichester working towards getting a degree in Bsc Football Coaching and Performance.  I have played football all my life, playing men’s football in non-league since 16, and have therefore learned a lot during this time.  The main aim for me creating this business is to focus on giving exposure and helping players find opportunities to progress in football, whether they are playing football at Step 1 down to Step 8.               A little bit about my footballing journey. Throughout my youth career I was always playing a good level of football on both Saturdays and Sundays. Games were sometimes arranged with notable academies, for example, Bournemouth, Chelsea and Eastleigh. When I got to 16, I had an opportunity arise to start playing non-league football for Shaftesbury Reserves. This was a massive opportunity, and I ended up playing 15 games in half a season.  I did this alongside my college education which took place at Champion Academy in Dorset. Doing this course especially the first year gave me a chance to train full time as well as playing several national league academies such as Havant and Waterlooville, Aldershot, Farnborough and many more. However, towards the end of that season, I was involved in a bad tackle during training and got injured. I came out with a Lisfranc injury: a broken foot in five places and a ruptured ligament. This was heartbreaking as I was just pushing on with Shaftesbury and ended up having to have two operations and being injured for one year. Once I returned the year after I ended up playing 6 games at the end of the season for them and in pre-season got the opportunity to play and train with the first team.  However, despite my injury, my active engagement with football did not stop. I finished my college education and alongside starting my coaching journey. This started with coaching at soccer camps in the school holidays. This was a great way for me to start experiencing coaching as it was fun, rewarding and hectic. All things coaching can be!!   After that my footballing journey changed areas due to moving to university where for the last couple seasons I have been playing for Upper Beeding FC. Playing in different areas of the country has given me more experience and knowledge.  I would love to use this unique knowledge to help mentor aspiring players to progress and help them navigate through the non-league system which can be very challenging and daunting. Personally, I found it very difficult trying to move to a new place and find a good team as I did not have any connections or anyone I knew in the area. That is part of the reason I am starting this business as I wish I had someone to try and help me find a club!! At University, I am studying Football Coaching and Performance. This is a three-year course and has really given me more knowledge on football and non-league football. Multiple lecturers are a part of the semi-professional scene whether that is as a coach, an analyst or an S&C coach. So, learning from and listening to their experiences has given me an even better understanding of how I can mentor and help players progress. With it being a coaching course I have also been given the privilege of helping manage multiple grassroots teams as well as obtaining FA coaching badges and travelling to Barcelona to which I got to do in January 2025. This was an eye-opening experience and really gave me further knowledge of the game from a technical and tactical perspective.  I had the privilege of going to La Masia to watch multiple Barcelona youth teams games and training sessions, watch Barcelona play twice, Espanol vs Real Madrid and two games between CF Damm and Barca U19’s. This was such a good experience and would recommend others doing something like this to gain further knowledge as a player, coach, mentor or football fan. I hope from this you can see my background and how I have obtained my extensive knowledge of the sport and how I can use this to help players develop in football.