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Herlambang Fajar Wibowo Postgraduate Program of sports science Yogyakarta herlambangfajarwibowo@gmail.com ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate the methods used by national level football trainers in Indonesia in identifying talented football players. This research is based on how trainers explore talented athletes in modern football. The subjects of this study were Indonesian league first coaches who had the highest licenses in Indonesian football, with eight research subjects. This research uses descriptive qualitative approach method with in-depth interview technique. Based on the data obtained from the interview, the researcher concluded three aspects in determining and identifying talents in the game of football. The first in determining the talented player is how he excels in one on one while on the field, the second is how the player can read a match or can be known by the term (Reading the game) and the last aspect is that talented players are those who have good coordination. Keywords: Talent Identification, Football, National Coach