Meet the team
The people behind Padel Beast.
From our founders and operations team to internationally certified coaches and the UAE's first padel fitness coach — every part of Padel Beast is led by people who live the sport.
Leadership
Highlights
- •20+ years of competitive playing experience, 10+ years coaching
- •World Padel Tour competitor (2023), qualifier level in Spain
- •National team coach in Oman and Lithuania
- •Built The Padel Project into Abu Dhabi's highest-occupancy padel facility
- •PadelMBA instructor, teaching padel business & coaching internationally
Navid Fahandezh
CEO & Co-Founder
Spain / UAE experience
Zayed Al Khoori
Co-Founder
Miras
Operations Manager & The Padel Project Manager
Coaches
Bernardo Konzen
🇧🇷Academy Manager
Marc Llompart
🇪🇸Kids Academy Manager
Iris Donate
🇪🇸Ladies Academy Coach
Cris Musial
🇪🇸Ladies Academy Coach
Team Padel Beast
Our ambassadors.
The players who represent Padel Beast on and off the court — a community of ambassadors from across the UAE and beyond.
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Salem
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Sultan
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Salem G.
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Yousif
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Roy
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Mohammed
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Humaid
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Mark
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Ali Alnuaimi
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Jaffar
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Abdulaziz
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Aktham
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Abdullah Alnaqbi
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Ahmed Gabr
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Afra
UAE National Team Player
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Shamma
UAE National Team Player
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Noora
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Noura
Why our coaching stands out
Certified. Specialized. Genuinely invested.
Internationally certified
Every academy is led by internationally certified coaches, not generalists.
Fitness, built for padel
Our fitness program was the first of its kind in the UAE, designed specifically around padel movement.
Genuinely wonderful people
Players consistently tell us it's the coaching team that makes Padel Beast different — that's by design.
Train with our coaching team.
