Sporting director

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.

The sporting director is in turn typically the manager of the coaching staff.

Often, their key task is managing transfers of players to and from the team.

However, the nature of the position varies, and their role at a particular club may be more specialised.