Manager (association football)
In association football, the manager is the person who has overall responsibility for the running of a football team. They have wide-ranging responsibilities, including selecting the team, choosing the tactics, recruiting and transferring players, negotiating player contracts, and speaking to the media. In professional football, a manager is usually appointed by and answerable to the club's board of directors, but at an amateur level the manager may have total responsibility for the running of a club.
Responsibilities
[edit]The manager's responsibilities in a professional football club usually include (but are not limited to) the following:[citation needed]
- Selecting the team of players for matches, and their formation.
- Planning the strategy, and instructing the players on the pitch.
- Motivating players before and during a match.
- Delegating duties to the first team coach and the coaching and medical staff.
- Scouting for young but talented players for eventual training in the youth academy or the reserves, and encouraging their development and improvement.
- Buying and selling players in the transfer market, including loans.
- Facing the media in pre-match and post-match interviews.
Some of the above responsibilities may be shared with a director of football or sporting director, and are at times delegated to an assistant manager or club coach.
Additionally, depending on the club, some minor[citation needed] responsibilities include:
- Marketing the club, most especially for ticket admission, sponsorship and merchandising.
- Growing turnover and keeping the club profitable.
These responsibilities are more common among managers of small clubs.
See also
[edit]- List of football managers with most games
- List of longest managerial reigns in association football
- Caretaker manager
- Player-manager
- League Managers Association for managers in England
- Football Manager, a simulation video game for playing as a manager.
References
[edit]- ^ Saffer, Paul (21 May 2016). "The unsackables: Europe's longest-serving coaches". UEFA. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ "Europe's top coaches convene in Nyon". UEFA. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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