Network route
Mentors, conferences and online communities
Football runs on relationships. Meeting people at conferences, courses and online communities opens more opportunities than cold applications.
27careers it helps with
10of them need no formal qualification
How to use this route
- Ask specific, short questions of people doing the job
- Attend one event a year and follow up within a week
- Offer help or work samples, not only requests
Careers where it helps
Required
- Academy Head of Coaching
- Assistant Coach
- Head Coach / Manager
- National Team Coach
- Head of Medical
- Club Doctor
- Sport Psychologist
- Academy Manager
- Senior Agent / Head of Representation
- Agency Founder / Director
- Club Finance Director
- Football Lawyer
- Coach Educator / Tutor
Strongly preferred
- Head of Performance
- Technical Director
- Sporting Director / Director of Football
- Head Groundsperson / Pitch Manager
Helpful
- Set-Piece Coach
- Head of Analysis
- Loan & Player Pathway Manager
- Head of Commercial / Commercial Director
- Club Foundation Director