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Sporting Directors have become increasingly visible, particularly during the Summer Transfer Window, when their work is exposed to public scrutiny and debate. This is the moment when decisions are questioned, successes amplified, and failures magnified. Yet reducing the Sporting Director role to transfers alone is not only inaccurate, it is dangerous. Here, we will try to dissect an article that was shared by Football Benchmark, where some tendencies are exposed, as the average age, past and tenure for Sporting Directors… Read
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Academy Management, Behind the Stages, Champions League, Club Management, Europa League, FA Cup, Football Administration and Management, Football Business, Football Financial Planning, Football Investment, January Transfer Market, Multiple Club Ownership, Player Development, Premier League, Summer Transfer Market, Tactics & Strategy, The Big Picture, UAE Football Association, UAE Youth Teams, Winter Transfer Market, Women Football, Youth Football·
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Portugal keeps surprising everyone – not that the country’s position is a surprise in itself, but because there’s definitely a difference in terms of the demographics of these countries. France leads a list that includes Brazil, Spain, Netherlands, England, Argentina, Germany and Italy, respectively, with Portugal standing 4th at the table. Why am I surprised?Because Portugal has the same size (in terms of population) of some cities in Brazil, Spain or France… And still, Portugal is able to surpass demographic… Read
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Academy Management, Behind the Stages, Champions League, Club Management, Europa League, Football Administration and Management, Football Business, Football Financial Planning, Football Investment, January Transfer Market, Multiple Club Ownership, Player Development, Summer Transfer Market, Tactical Periodization, Tactics & Strategy, The Big Picture, UAE Football Association, UAE Youth Teams, Winter Transfer Market, Women Football, Youth Football·
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This one is personal. How many times you, if somehow connected to Football, have heard this?Well, I had. Many times. Even at my own home. And I struggle with it every time. Let’s be real, Football isn’t a place where some families want their sons or daughters to be involved at. It’s seen as a dirty world, where there’s a claim for “Fair-Play” but you hear more stories about Coaches getting constantly fired; Players dreams vanished with a severe injury;… Read
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Academy Management, Behind the Stages, Club Management, Football Administration and Management, Football Business, Football Financial Planning, Football Investment, Multiple Club Ownership, Player Development, Tactical Periodization, Tactics & Strategy, The Big Picture, UAE Football Association, Youth Football·
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If no one told you this before, it’s probably the most important thing at a Youth Football Club, or Academy – understand your relationship with Parents. Let’s start by the question everyone avoids – who are you selling your services to? Parents or Young Footballers? Yes, you’re selling You, Your Services, Your Club, Your Methodology and Methods. Not only in Football, but in life, you’re always selling yourself – in relationships, professional ventures, and all the rest. Are you ashamed… Read
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Academy Management, Behind the Stages, Club Management, Football Administration and Management, Football Business, Football Financial Planning, Football Investment, Player Development, Tactical Periodization, Tactics & Strategy, The Big Picture, UAE Football Association, UAE Youth Teams, Youth Football·
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There’s no different path. Eventually, someone will feel that is time to go somewhere else, regardless the reasons, and you will be left alone. Some will hurt more than others, but they may all make you question your direction. This is the central point – when you question yourself. Questions come in different ways and formats:. Do you understand why they left ?. Do you agree with the reasons mentioned ? . Could you do something to prevent this ?… Read
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Academy Management, Behind the Stages, Club Management, Football Administration and Management, Football Business, Football Financial Planning, Football Investment, Multiple Club Ownership, Player Development, Tactical Periodization, Tactics & Strategy, The Big Picture, UAE Football Association·
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When I’m asked about a secret at a Football Club, it probably lands here. Who’s at the Club?Who’s delivering? Who’s communicating with your players, families, and the other different stakeholders? Once these are answered, the next step is to ask the most important questions: . Do they embody the Values of the Club? . Are they the people that will make your Club reach the desired point you are establishing? . Would you trust them, if you weren’t there? .… Read
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Building a Team is always hard, specially from scratch. I’ve been directly involved in many similar situations – whereas by a recent past with a single moment of trauma or at Clubs where the deliveries suffered from a continuous decline in their delivery quality over the years… Are these situations the same? No. Do they need the same kind of Approaches and Strategies?Definitely, NO! But the story is greater than that… Let’s explore two examples — starting with the Club… Read
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Academy Management, Behind the Stages, Club Management, Football Administration and Management, Football Business, Football Financial Planning, Football Investment, Multiple Club Ownership, Player Development, Tactical Periodization, Tactics & Strategy, The Big Picture, UAE Football Association, UAE Youth Teams, Women Football·
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At least for me, it’s not. The theory behind the Concept of Work-Life Balance resonates with the narrative that Work and Life are separate elements, that WHAT YOU DO doesn’t make part of WHO YOU ARE! I don’t buy it. I can’t live like this. I love working, I need to feel that what I’m doing is both productive and relevant to me and to those around me – Family is one of my non-negotiable elements, just as Professionalism, Independency… Read
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Academy Management, Behind the Stages, Club Management, Football Administration and Management, Football Business, Football Financial Planning, Football Investment, Player Development, Tactical Periodization, Tactics & Strategy, The Big Picture, UAE Football Association, UAE Youth Teams·
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This is a tough one. No easy answer, or right one probably. It’s very subjective, different from person to person. However, some guidelines must be there – right ? Leadership in Football is multifaceted. From Tactical guidance on the field to Strategic Vision in the Boardroom. Let’s start on the Coaching side, where Leadership Styles range from Authoritarian figures who rely on Control and Structure (ie. Diego Simeone, José Mourinho in his prime or even Pep Guardiola at some extent),… Read
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As in personal life, financial or entrepreneurial mannerisms, compounding has an underestimated power. Truly. Compounding is the process where returns — financial or otherwise — generate further returns over time, creating exponential growth. In finance, or investments, it’s earning interest on your interest. In life, a long-term relationship, supported with the right intentions, care and shared values, provides deeper connections with people, either by the form of a long and happy marriage, friendships or even professional trust and confidence. In… Read
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PT: O futebol é simples e apaixonante, cheio de perspectivas e ideias.
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