Sporting director
A sporting director, or director of sport, is an executive management position in a sports club. The role is well known as a management role for European football clubs, which are sometime also "sports clubs", offering many types of sports. The sporting director is, in many cases, a member of the executive board and therefore an executive director.[1] The sporting director is usually directly subordinate to the chief executive officer or the chairman of the sports organisation. The sporting director is in turn typically the manager of the coaching staff.[2]
Director of football
[edit]A director of football or director of soccer, sometimes also called a sporting director or technical director, is a senior management figure at an association football club, most commonly in Europe. Often, their key task is managing transfers of players to and from the team; however, the nature of the position varies, and their role at a particular club may be more specialised.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Parnell, Daniel. "A note to CEOs and Boards on the recruitment of a Sporting Director. The Football Collective" (PDF). e-space.mmu.ac.uk. Manchester Metropolitan University. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ↑ Parnell, Daniel; Groom, Ryan; Widdop, Paul; Ward, Sara (2018). "The sporting director". The sporting director: Exploring current practice and challenges within elite football. Taylor & Francis Group. doi:10.4324/9781351262804-13. ISBN 9781351262804. S2CID 188141411. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ↑ Kelly, Ryan (13 September 2019). "What is a director of football & how does transfer chief role work?". Goal. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- Carey, Mark (20 July 2025). "Inside the world of sporting directors: What do they do? And what makes a good one?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
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