Born in
Berlin, Germany, Jover was raised in France. He moved to
Quebec, Canada in his early twenties to study for a sports degree at the
University of Sherbrooke, courtesy of the link between
University of Montpellier and Sherbrooke. which saw Montpellier boss
René Girard received
UNFP Ligue 1 Manager of the Year and striker
Olivier Giroud was named the league's top scorer by the
Ligue de Football Professionnel. While working at Montpellier, he also took a match analyst role for
Croatia for a brief spell in 2013. Jover moved to
England as a set-piece coach of
Dean Smith at
Brentford from July 2016, and was part of Smith's successor
Thomas Frank's coaching team until June 2019. In the
2018–19 season he shared the same office with
goalkeeping coach
Iñaki Caña, who would join Arsenal in December 2019. In July 2019,
Manchester City appointed Jover as an assistant to
Pep Guardiola, specializing in set-pieces, on the recommendation of
Mikel Arteta who was the No.2 at the
Etihad. In the
2020–21 season, Jover helped Manchester City claim the Premier League title and reach the Champions League final. On 5 July 2021, Jover was appointed as set-piece coach to manager Mikel Arteta at Arsenal, In the
2023–24 season with Jover's help, Arsenal scored twenty set-piece goals (excluding
penalties) in the Premier League, the most in the division. Sixteen of those came from
corners, matching the record in a single Premier League campaign. ==References==