sporting director
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{{Short description|Management role in sports clubs}}
{{About|the management role in sports clubs, especially association football|the management role in a cycling team|directeur sportif}}
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File:Leonardo Nascimento de Araújo 2013-01-01.jpg, former sporting director of Paris Saint-Germain]]
A sporting director, or director of sport, is an executive management position in a sports club. 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.{{cite web |last1=Parnell |first1=Daniel |title=A note to CEOs and Boards on the recruitment of a Sporting Director. The Football Collective. |url=https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/620294/3/A%20note%20to%20CEOs%20and%20Boards%20on%20recruiting%20a%20Sporting%20Director%20%281%29.pdf |website=e-space.mmu.ac.uk |publisher=Manchester Metropolitan University |access-date=21 May 2022}} The sporting director is usually directly subordinate to the CEO or the chairman of the sports organisation. The sporting director is in turn typically the manager of the coaching staff.{{cite book |title=The sporting director: Exploring current practice and challenges within elite football |date=2018 |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781351262804-13/sporting-director-daniel-parnell-ryan-groom-paul-widdop-sara-ward |publisher=Taylor & Francis Group |doi=10.4324/9781351262804-13 |isbn=9781351262804 |s2cid=188141411 |access-date=1 April 2023 |last1=Parnell |first1=Daniel |last2=Groom |first2=Ryan |last3=Widdop |first3=Paul |last4=Ward |first4=Sara |chapter=The sporting director }}
Director of football
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 (soccer) 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.{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Ryan |date=13 September 2019 |title=What is a director of football & how does transfer chief role work? |url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/what-is-a-director-of-football--how-does-transfer-chief-role-work/sy0nzby7kl6j1irjue09n4eog |access-date=20 December 2022 |website=Goal}}