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A sporting director, or director of sport, is an executive management position in a
A sporting director, or director of sport, is an executive management position in a sports club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
. The role is well known as a manager 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. The sporting director is usually directly subordinate to the CEO or the chairman of the sports organization.
Director of football
A director of football, sometimes also called a sporting director or technical director, is a senior management figure at anassociation football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...
club, most commonly in Europe. Often, their key task is managing transfers
Transfer may refer to:
Arts and media
* ''Transfer'' (2010 film), a German science-fiction movie directed by Damir Lukacevic and starring Zana Marjanović
* ''Transfer'' (1966 film), a short film
* ''Transfer'' (journal), in management studies
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of players to and from the team. However, the nature of the position varies, and their role at a particular club may be more specialized.
References
* Terminology used in multiple sports * Association football occupations Leadership positions in sports Association football terminology Ice hockey occupations {{Sport-stub