Timo Cato

Timo Cato is an elite football scout who has over a decade of experience in the industry. A professional who has secured roles at the highest level of football, Timo is a fantastic speaker on all areas of professionalism, pursuing ambitions and what it takes to be to become successful in football. With a wealth of experience, Timo has transferred his football career into popular guest speeches that educate and inspire others.

As a top-level football scout, Timo is an expert in seeing people’s potential and harnessing it into a prosperous career. With his sights firmly set on excelling in the football field, Timo started his career as the senior opposition scout for the Scouting Network in 2008. Over the past ten years, he has since worked across all levels of the sport from grassroots clubs to Premier League skills programmes. Throughout his career, Timo has been responsible for producing detail match reports and recommending talented players to Brentford, Fulham, Stoke City and Cardiff City.

With a detailed knowledge of what football clubs require from their players, Timo has naturally progressed into coaching positions, training some of the skilled footballers he has selected. Whilst at Fulham, from 2012 to 2016, Timo was promoted to head coach of the club’s charity foundation where he oversaw large events training over 70,000 young people a year. He later became the Head of Women and Girls Football for the foundation and the club, accountable for their development, funding and external stakeholders. Prior to excelling in football, Timo Cato obtained a degree in Businesses Administration and Management from the University of Hertfordshire. The degree gave him a solid foundation in strategy and management which he has utilised in all of his roles. Paired with his experience in sales at Sky, Waitrose and Debenhams, Timo gave himself the best basis to achieve in his chosen field.

As a dynamic football coach, scout and talent developer, Timo Cato has become highly sought after for guest speeches at universities, colleges, and schools. Booked to inspire and motivate students to achieve, Timo has speaking experience over the past eight years. A diverse and accomplished speaker, Timo is the perfect choice of speaker to challenge your audience to develop their own winning mindset.