Nicolas Dominguez Kamal

About

Sports physiotherapist with 9+ years of experience in functional rehabilitation, sports reconditioning and performance optimisation, mainly in professional football. Currently responsible for return-to-play in the first team at Sabah FK (Baku, Azerbaijan), competing in the UEFA Champions League league phase. I design individualised protocols together with the medical and strength & conditioning staff, and base clinical decisions on objective data: VALD ForceDecks and ForceFrame, StatSports GPS, load monitoring, MyJump and ChronoJump. Previously: UD San Sebastian de los Reyes, CD Guadalajara, Active Recovery Madrid, and clinical internships with Real Madrid CF (youth) and AD Alcorcon. Master's in Sports Physiotherapy (Universidad Europea - Real Madrid) and Master's in Orthopaedic Manual Therapy. Main interests: muscle injuries, ACL rehabilitation and evidence-based return-to-sport criteria. Experience in multicultural elite environments across Chile, Spain and Azerbaijan.

Skills

• ACL rehabilitation
• Muscle injury management
• Return-to-play / return-to-sport
• On-field reconditioning
• Force plate testing (VALD ForceDecks, ForceFrame)
• GPS load monitoring (StatSports)
• Manual therapy
• Strength & conditioning for injury prevention

Education

• 2020 · Sports Physiotherapy · 2019 · Master's degree · Universidad Europea - Escuela Universitaria Real Madrid (Spain)
• 2017 · Orthopaedic Manual Therapy · 2016 · Master's degree · Universidad Andrés Bello (Chile)
• 2015 · Physiotherapy · 2011 · Bachelor's degree · Universidad Andrés Bello (Chile)

Languages

• Native · Spanish
• Intermediate (B1) - daily working language at Sabah FK · English

Work experience

• First-Team Physiotherapist & Rehab Specialist · June 2025 · Responsible for return-to-play in the first team (UEFA Champions League league phase). Individualised rehab and reconditioning protocols in coordination with the medical and S&C departments. Clinical decisions based on VALD (ForceDecks, ForceFrame), GPS and load monitoring. · Sabah FK (Baku, Azerbaijan)
• December 2024 · Sports Rehab Physiotherapist · June 2024 · Post-injury physical reconditioning in the first team. Injury prevention and post-competition recovery strategies. · UD San Sebastián de los Reyes (Madrid, Spain)
• May 2024 · Sports Rehab Physiotherapist · December 2020 · Functional reconditioning and on-field care. Coordinated with the coaching staff to integrate injury prevention plans and progressive return-to-play programmes, individualised to each player's profile and pathology. · CD Guadalajara (Guadalajara, Spain)
• June 2025 · Sports Rehab Physiotherapist · January 2022 · Therapeutic exercise and functional reconditioning for athletes and patients, in-clinic and online. Personalised programmes focused on motor control and strength, post-surgical rehabilitation, pain management and re-injury prevention. · Active Recovery (Madrid, Spain)
• October 2020 · Physiotherapist - Master's Clinical Internship · February 2020 · Clinical internship of the Master's in Sports Physiotherapy (Universidad Europea - Real Madrid). Sports physiotherapy, post-injury reconditioning and functional recovery with youth football players; acute treatments and on-field work. · Real Madrid CF (youth) & AD Alcorcón (youth) - Madrid, Spain
• August 2019 · Sports Rehab Physiotherapist · October 2016 · Manual therapy and therapeutic exercise for athletes and active patients. · Energy Fitness (Concepción, Chile)

Licences & certificates

• FIFA Diploma in Football Medicine — FIFA
• Strength Training: From Rehabilitation to Performance — Barça Innovation Hub
• EXOS Performance Specialist — EXOS
• Postgraduate Diploma in Manual Therapy (extremities and spine) — Universidad Andrés Bello (Chile)
• HYROX Instructor & HYROX365 Foundation — HYROX
• Kinesio Taping Certificate (TNM & Ares Tape) — TNM / Ares Tape

Verified courses

• Certificado en Entrenamiento de la Fuerza: de la Rehabilitación al Rendimiento

Links

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolasdominguezkamal