FIVE Jobs Footballers Chase After Retirement
Footballers are seen as millionaires who earn a lot on a weekly basis but what happens when they hang up the boots and earn less money?
We pick out the jobs footballers pick after retirement
Become a pundit/analyst: Footballer go into punditry or football analysis to earn some money. Popular examples include Jamie Carragher, Thierry Henry and formarly Gary Neville of Sky Sports, Gianluca Vialli of Football Italia, Rio Ferdinand of BT Sport.
Footballers are the perfect examples for punditry, pre-match, in-match and post-match analysis due to their wealth of experience.
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Become a coach/manager: Believe it or not this is the most popular post football job. Many players go into coaching and some even earn their licences while playing and learning under different coach.
Sir Alex Ferguson coach at least 30 player currently serving as coaches or managers of various clubs. Present top notch footballers who were considered some of the best during their playing days include Pep Guardiola (Barcelona), Carlo Ancelotti (AC Milan, AS Roma), Mark Huges (Barcelona, Manchester United), Diego Simeone (Lazio, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan), Mauricio Pochettino (PSG, Espanyol), Antonio Conte (Juventus), Luis Enrique (Barcelona, Real Madrid), Philip Cocu (PSV, Barcelona) and much more.
Pep Guardiola
Pep Guardiola during his playing days Credit: ALLSPORT
Diego Simeone (Atletico Madrid coach) during his playing days for Lazio
Lesser known during their playing day but still top notch include Louis Van Gaal, Arsene Wenger, Rafa Benitez, Jurgen Klopp.
Become an adviser to a club: A role similar to being a technical adviser to a club or ambassador. Nigerian players who retired in Europe serve as advisers to local clubs in Nigeria. Some examples include Daniel Amokachi, John Obuh. More illustrious examples include Eric Abidal, Christian Karembeu, Claude Makalele, Leandro.
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Become a commentator: One that entails a lot about knowing the history of the game. Some illustrious examples include Jim Beglin, Stewart Robson,
Become an ambassador, advertise stuffs: Probably one of the best things being a celebrity as a footballer. Recently we saw Austin Okocha, Nwankwo Kano become ambassadors of Star. Being a celebrity as a player is great but after retirement, its might not be as glamorous.
David Beckham is a UNICEF ambassador for starters. Other popular ambassadors include Robert Pires, Ronaldinho, Paul Scholes, Zinedane Zidane.
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