Doctor from ULusófona becomes champion in Egypt after defending his Thesis
Nuno Costa Ribeiro became champion of the Egyptian First Division Football Championship just 48 hours after his doctoral thesis was approved
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The new PhD graduate in Physical Education and Sport from Lusófona University - Lisbon University Centre combines research in Didactics with success in elite professional football, serving Zamalek SC.
On 18 May 2026, researcher Nuno Costa Ribeiro publicly defended his doctoral thesis in Physical Education and Sport, in the specialisation of Didactics of Physical Education and Sport, at Lusófona University.
In a display of competence and dedication, the newly awarded doctor — who is part of the coaching staff led by Vítor Pereira at Zamalek SC — became champion of the Egyptian First Division Football Championship just 48 hours after his academic approval, on 20 May.
The high-level research developed by the now Doctor Nuno Costa Ribeiro benefited from an international technical-scientific supervision network. The scientific work was supervised by Professor Dr João Alberto Valente dos Santos and co-supervised by Professors Dr Oliver Gonzalo-Skok (Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Spain) and António Francisco Furtado Salgueiro Tavares (Sporting Clube de Portugal), highlighting institutional cooperation and the link between academia and high-performance sport.
Nuno Costa Ribeiro’s path at Lusófona University is an example of continuity and commitment to the pedagogical excellence of this institution, where he had previously completed with distinction a Master’s in Teaching Physical Education in Primary and Secondary Education.
