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In association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
, the manager is the person who has overall responsibility for the running of a football team
A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-st ...
. 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
The manager's responsibilities in a professional football club usually include (but are not limited to) the following: * 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 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
* 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
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