A Atividade do Team Manager na Gestão da Formação de um Clube de Futebol: Estágio Profissionalizante realizado no Sporting Clube de Braga

Abstract

This Internship Report is the result of the professional internship developed in the scope of the 2nd year of the 2nd cycle of studies in Sports Management and was prepared for the purpose of obtaining a Master's degree in Sports Management, by the Faculty of Sports of the University of Port. The professional internship was held at Sporting Clube de Braga, more specifically in the training department. This took place between October 2019 and June 2020, lasting 9 months. The systematization of this Internship Report includes the intern's biographical framework, as well as the internship plan. It also includes a review of the literature on the areas of knowledge related to the activities developed during the internship and the description of the host entity of the internship. Subsequently, all the activities carried out are presented and described, followed by a critical reflection on the course of the internship, as well as the skills acquired that resulted from all the work developed during the months of the internship in question, ending with the conclusions and prospects for the future of the internship. intern. Through a professionalizing practice, theoretical knowledge was consolidated with the skills acquired and developed in the performance of Team Manager functions, collaborating with the scouting and facility management departments, in addition to all the involvement in daily activities. The accomplishment of the Professional Training and the elaboration of this report, was quite fruitful for the development of the intern's knowledge, which started to have a more concrete and systemic understanding of the activity of a sports manager, as well as its importance in an organizational structure.