The football observer has the arduous task of identify potential samples, with a constant presence on the sports fields, where so many promising young players are pawing the field, but not only that, it is also to understand what element could make a difference in the context of a professional team.
The SBA soccer observer course is aimed at enabling the student to acquire this professionalism composed of several characteristics: observational, public relations and legal techniques, relative to the complex regulations in force at the national and international level. The football observer can collaborate with sports clubs or with players' agents, who very often rely on his valuable referrals to identifying talents.
Real-life case studies and comparisons with FIFA agents ensure that the different case histories the football observer encounters on a daily basis are examined, while also verifying the ways in which they work with Players' Agents and clubs during negotiations.
In addition to the passion for soccer, no special requirements are required to participate in the football observer course: it is open to anyone who wishes to experience the extraordinary adventure that is the world of sports on a professional level.
Graduated in Management of Sport and Motor Activities with specialization in educational support activities for pupils with disabilities in secondary school. He continued his education over the years, successively obtaining a master's degree in Management of Sport Services, another in the Psycho-Motor Area, in Educational, Training, and Teaching Practice, another in Football Observer, and another in Match Analysis at the Sport Business Academy.
A former soccer referee, he has served as a coach, athletic trainer, Camp manager and manager of several soccer clubs between Sicily and Lombardy.
He is currently a secondary school teacher and holds the position of organizational manager at the International Academy in Milan.
Match Analyst ACF FIORENTINA.
After an advertising background that led him to conduct radio and television broadcasts, at numerous Roman stations, he gained gratification by collaborating on the statistical side with Guerin Sportivo, under the editorship of Matteo Marani. He has been working at InStat since the summer of 2015, continuously following teams such as Panathinaikos, Austria Wien, Carpi, Hacken, Wurzburger Kickers, Mainz, Sampdoria, Miami Fc, Henan Janye, Hellas Verona, Novara, Ascoli, Udinese, and Al Wahda. He has
obtained the qualification of Professional Observer at the Figc in April 2016, and for years has been an external collaborator of coach Cristiano Bergodi, both when the latter is called to Italian and Romanian teams (currently at Voluntari - Serie A). He speaks continuously in football programs at various radio stations in Naples. In his "spare time" he loves to travel and attend soccer competitions everywhere in the world (tour in China and Canada recently), and collaborates with the staff of Ladispoli (Serie D girone G).
A law graduate, he began his career in pure youth clubs, first with Pro Inter Bari and later with Wonderful Bari.
From 2014 to 2016 he served as Head of Bari's youth sector, then collaborated for the 2016/17 season with Udinese as Academy manager.
In the 2017-18 season he became sporting director of Virtus Francavilla Calcio and after a brief experience in 2019 in Romania with hermannstadt, he became sporting director of Calcio Lecco from January 2020 to June 2022. From June 2022, he is the new General Manager of Virtus Francavilla Calcio.
Graduated in Law from the University Federico II of Naples in 2005. Fifa agent since 2008, gifted with great football inclination and expertise in Sports Law. Lecturer in Sports Law at some professional training schools in the cities of Taranto and Bari since 2008. Consultant and observer.
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