Sporting director

This article is about the management role in sports clubs, especially association football. For the management role in a cycling team, see directeur sportif.

Leonardo, 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.[1] 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.[2]

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  2. ^ The sporting director: Exploring current practice and challenges within elite football. Taylor & Francis Group. doi:10.4324/9781351262804-13. ISBN 9781351262804. S2CID 188141411. Retrieved 1 April 2023.