Sport Management
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Alejandro Hernández, Bernardo Almeida, José Martín Alba and Jonathan Verge are four Johan Cruyff Institute graduates who are leading the sports industry. In an interview with Impulsyn, they share their academic and professional experiences.
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The sports industry no longer revolves solely around competition. Today, it also encompasses entertainment, technology, content, business, social impact, and digital transformation. From organizations like FIFA to leagues like the NBA or historic clubs like FC Barcelona, the sector increasingly demands highly specialized professionals.
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Both institutions have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to launch three new academic programs designed to educate the next generation of leaders in the global sports industry.
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Álex García Reiss is a graduate of the Master in Sports Business and Marketing Blended Barcelona at Johan Cruyff Institute and co-founder of Funatik, a social platform developed for football fans.
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Paula Ramírez Ibáñez is a Spanish artistic swimmer, a member of the national team, and a bronze medalist at the latest Olympic Games. In this interview, Paula shares her experience in the Master in Sport Business Online program.
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Lucas Faggiano has extensive experience in professional basketball, having competed in the leagues of the United States, Spain, Brazil, and Mexico. In this interview, the Argentine point guard highlights how education provided him with new tools to shape his professional future beyond the court.
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Joan Amigó, professional handball player and graduate of the Master in Sport Business Online at Johan Cruyff Institute, shares in this interview how he has combined his sporting career with academic and professional education.
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Vítor Benite is a Brazilian basketball player and graduate of the Professional Development Program, developed by Johan Cruyff Institute together with the Spanish Basketball Clubs Association (acb).
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With over 20 years of experience in show jumping, the Finnish athlete decided to invest in her professional future by enrolling in the Master in Sport Business Online at Johan Cruyff Institute.
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Elisabeth Maier is one of the most prominent figures in Canadian skeleton racing. A graduate of the Master in Sport Business Online, she shares how her experience at Johan Cruyff Institute helped her transition from sports to professional life.
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Susana Torres Arenas is a student of the University Master’s Degree in Sports Management at Johan Cruyff Institute in collaboration with Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and at the same time she competed in the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, which took place in Marbella.
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Inspired by the philosophy and values of Cruyff Education, the Hub offers athletes, educational institutions and sport professionals a place to study, teach and build networks.
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The SportBusiness International 2025 Rankings highlight Johan Cruyff Institute’s Master in Sport Management Online as the best in Europe and Top 5 worldwide among online sports management programs.
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Johan Cruyff Institute brings together Marco Chessa, president of the Permanent Council Commission of the City of Turin, and Giorgio Di Palermo, director of international events at the Italian Tennis Federation, to discuss the benefits of hosting the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin and the transformative power of sport for an entire territory.
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Niels Meijer, director of the Cruyff Foundation in the Netherlands, after a time as manager at Johan Cruyff Institute Amsterdam, and a graduate of the Master in Sport Management, talks about the international strategy of the organization, the involvement of Johan’s family and the constant reference to Johan in striving to continue creating space for vulnerable children and youngsters around the world.
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Joe Bonilla, a lawyer specializing in sports law and professor of the blended Sports Law Diploma course in Colombia, assesses the latest national and international reforms that affect, among other matters, women’s football, coaches, anti-doping legislation and the new sports law in Colombia.
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Sander van Stiphout, international director and innovation manager at Johan Cruijff ArenA, reveals in a webinar for Johan Cruyff Institute, the infinite innovation solutions that are being tested in this smart stadium, home of Ajax and pride of the city of Amsterdam, to reimagine the football and society of the future.
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Johan Cruyff Institute Amsterdam celebrates 14 years of history faithful to its mission of educating leaders in sport management as part of the academic legacy of Johan Cruyff.
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The four-times Olympian and the only ever champion of Spain in all the long-distance athletics disciplines, Carles Castillejo, is now working as a sport management consultant as a result of his final master’s project of the Master in Sport Management at Johan Cruyff Institute.
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Bojan Krkić assures that he is enjoying the Master in Sport Management Online at Johan Cruyff Institute he started seven months ago. “I want to play for a few more years and also start planning my future,” says the player, who sees himself as as sports director.
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Maria Lamprinidou, a former professional volleyball player who received a scholarship from The Cruyff Athlete Fund to study the Online Master’s Degree in Sport Management at Johan Cruyff Institute, tells us about her professional and personal journey to start her own business in the sports industry.
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Johan Cruyff Institute’s Master in Sport Management ranks among the world’s elite programs for the ninth consecutive year, according to the prestigious magazine SportBusiness International.
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A blended learning program is a dynamic and flexible approach to education that combines online learning with traditional classroom-based instruction.
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