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Soccer Academy of America, Inc.
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Manager
Football managers become
indispensable to the success of a team.
A good manager is defined by:
Managerial
Talent
ability to manage, organize and
lead
ability to communicate
effectively
Professional
knowledge
football as a sport
football management (football
as business)
Professional
Creativity
finding the optimal
solution
finding top sponsorship/ability
to fundraise
Temperament/Energy
ability to work beyond the 9-5
schedule
accepting football as 'second
nature'
Social
requirements
accepted by the football
community
accepting the football
community
If you are a manager, try to think about all these factors and evaluate them
by
using a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the lowest and 10, the highest score.
1. Your talent
for managing in the world of football:
ability to manage,
organize and lead
ability to
communicate effectively
2. Your
professional knowledge:
knowing football as
a sport
knowing fundamental
and in-depth concepts of football management
3.
Your professional creativity:
ability to find the
most creative and optimal solution
finding top
sponsorship
4.
Your temperament and energy to deliver top management for team/club/league: