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Jorge Giordano is Director of National Teams at the AUF. In this interview with Johan Cruyff Institute, he looks back on his professional journey and outlines the preparations on the road to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Johan Cruyff Institute and Premier Soccer Leagues Canada (formerly League1 Canada) are renewing their successful scholarship program for the 2026–2027 academic year, with the aim of supporting the academic training and professional development of coaches and club leaders.
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The second edition of the Sports Education Forum 2026 will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 17 and 18, featuring leading figures from the sports industry.
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Júlia Mora Tobías is an experienced footballer who decided to study for a Master in Football Business Online to make a professional transition.
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Androniki Michalopoulou is a 27-year-old Greek footballer who currently plays for Puskás Akadémia in Hungary. In this interview, Androniki shares her experience as a graduate of the Master in Sport Business Online.
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A graduate of the University Master’s Degree in Sports Management at Johan Cruyff Institute, Vitor now works as a Commercial Analyst at Kings League, a position he landed after an internship.
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In this interview with Johan Cruyff Institute, Jaime Rioperez, Assistant to the President of Club Deportivo Leganés, explains how the club operates and how it is adopting new technologies.
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A graduate of the Master in Football Business in partnership with FC Barcelona in 2018, Juan España is the president of Escorpiones de Belén, a second division club in Costa Rica and a football academy.
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From November 22 to 23, Johan Cruyff Institute participated in the event Converge: Shaping the Next Era of Canadian Football — From Strategy to Sideline, which brought together club executives, professionals, and athletes to strengthen the Canadian football industry.
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Johan Cruyff Institute will welcome a group of ENDEPORTE students for an exclusive training program in the football industry in Catalonia.
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The Executive Chairman of League1 Ontario emphasizes the importance of education for the growth of the Canadian football industry and discusses the challenges of advancing the sport.
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Daniel Martin, Group Chief Financial and Operations Officer of the Al Jazira Sports Club, alumnus and currently professor of the Master in Football Business in partnership with FC Barcelona, talks to Johan Cruyff Institute about the specialized area of football finance, where the money flows in and out and how it is possible for it to be distributed in a sustainable manner. “Historically we have seen some clubs have allocated one hundred percent of their revenue to player wages and that is not logical,” he says.
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Women want to take advantage of the boost of the FIFA World Cup in France 2019, which registered audiences of millions, to intensify their demands in their fight toward the professionalization of women’s football.
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Louis Saha, Iván Alonso, Christian Karembeu and Shabnam Mobarez reflect on the important role of academic studies in securing a future after football, at a round table organized by Johan Cruyff Institute at the World Football Summit 2019.
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Johan Cruyff Institute has invited former football players Saha, Karembeu and Alonso onto the stage at WFS 2019, together with the captain of the Afghan women’s team, Shabnam Mobarez, to talk about the important role of professional studies during an athlete’s active years in preparation for when the time comes to retire. The panel will be moderated by Rebecca Smith, Global Executive Director of Women’s Game at Copa90.
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UEFA and ECA are promoting a revision of the Champions League model: the European Super League project clashes head-on with most of the national leagues, which see it as a threat to their survival.
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We speak with Edgar Merino, former student, Johan Cruyff Institute agent for Chile and director of Solo Cracks, a leading agency in women’s football, who argues that it does women’s football no good to continually compare it to men’s football.
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Football clubs are redirecting their management toward a business model with the hiring of new professional profiles that will ensure the survival of the business without such a direct dependence on sporting results.
Read articleThe Master in Football Business in partnership with FC Barcelona is the only program in football business and administration based on the management model of FC Barcelona.
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“The first division takes you to places that you would never believe you would arrive”, states Ignacio Mas-Bagà. And continues: “Our main objective is continue growing and consolidating”.
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Pierre Maes, a specialist in sports broadcasting rights, explains how the business has been changing hands and how the ‘Big Four’ technology companies now have the power to change it all again.
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