Episode 18 of the ASD Podcast features Lucia Mijares who was the first woman to be a Sports Technical Director in Mexico and Latin America, where she developed the first official Women's Football Amateur and High Performance Structure in Mexico. She is now a Technical Expert at FIFA, where she advises football federations seeking to promote, develop, and accelerate the growth of women's football.

This episode is brought to you by Paul Musa, sports lawyer, host and producer of the What The Footie Podcast and Founder of Athlete Investor Summit.

In this episode, Paul & Lucia discuss stakeholder management, player development and pathways, the key pillars required to build a successful women's football structure, implementing strategy (short vs long-term) and so much more.

The Association of Sporting Directors' mission is to support, develop, and connect our members who are spread out across the globe and all bring unique skills and experiences to the role of sporting director.

Special thanks to our ASD Partners: Gemini Sports, Traits Insights, Eyeball Football, SkillCorner, Hudl, Elevate Talent and MiMentor

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Episode 17 of the ASD Podcast features Nick Hammond who has more than 20 years experience in the role as Sporting Director, having held the role at Reading FC, West Bromwich Albion and Celtic. He is currently operating as a Consultant and recently performed a consultancy role at Leeds United.

This episode is brought to you by Paul Musa, sports lawyer and host and producer of the What The Footie Podcast.

In this episode Paul & Nick discuss player trading, recruitment, squad planning, implementing strategy (short vs long-term) and so much more.

The Association of Sporting Directors' mission is to support, develop, and connect our members who are spread out across the globe and all bring unique skills and experiences to the role of sporting director.

Special thanks to our ASD Partners: Teamworks, SkillCorner, Elevate Talent, MiMentor, Hudl, Eyeball Football, Traits Insights and Gemini Sports.

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Episode 16 of the ASD Podcast features features José Fontes, a FIGC (Italian Football Federation) licensed Sporting Director and ASD Technical Committee member. José was previously Head of Recruitment at AS Roma, Senior Scout at Leicester City, and a first team coach and opposition analyst at Boavista FC. Prior to his career in professional football, José built a distinguished career in investment banking.

This episode is brought to you by Paul Musa, sports & entertainment lawyer and host and producer of the What The Footie Podcast.

In this episode Paul & José discuss developing scouting principles, building culture within football clubs, aligning departments, squad planning and so much more.

The Association of Sporting Directors' mission is to support, develop, and connect our members who are spread out across the globe and all bring unique skills and experiences to the role of sporting director.

Special thanks to our ASD Partners: Teamworks, SkillCorner, Elevate Talent, MiMentor, Hudl, Eyeball Football, Traits Insights and Gemini Sports.

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Episode 15 of the ASD Podcast features the ASDX team (Dr Alex Bond and Joel Roberts) and Paul Musa.

This episode is brought to you by Paul Musa, sports lawyer and host and producer of the What The Footie Podcast.

Our objective at the Association of Sporting Directors is to support, develop, and connect our members who are spread out across the globe and all bring unique skills and experiences to the role of sporting director. This episode delves into the evolution of the role, the future development of the role, the benefits the ASD provides to our members and fascinating insights from the ASD Board's work in the game and work with practitioners working at the very heart of the professional game. 

Special thanks to our ASD Partners: Teamworks, SkillCorner, Elevate Talent, Ahead In Sport, MiMentor, Hudl, Eyeball Football, Traits Insights and Gemini Sports.

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Episode 14 of the ASD Podcast features Timmo Hardung (Sporting Director at Eintracht Frankfurt) with reflections and insights from our partners Teamworks.

This episode is brought to you by Paul Musa, sports lawyer and host and producer of the What The Footie Podcast.

In this episode Paul & Timmo discuss how to build teams, developing playing and non-playing staff, the secret to managing upwards, how the role of the Sporting Director is viewed in Germany and the Bundesliga, aligning departments, squad planning and so much more.

The Association of Sporting Directors' mission is to support, develop, and connect our members who are spread out across the globe and all bring unique skills and experiences to the role of sporting director.

Special thanks to our ASD Partners: Teamworks, SkillCorner, Elevate Talent, Ahead In Sport, MiMentor, Hudl, Eyeball Football, Traits Insights and Gemini Sports.

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This bonus episode of the ASD Podcast features Jake George Schuster (Founder & CEO of Gemini Sports).

This episode is brought to you by Paul Musa, sports lawyer and host and producer of the What The Footie Podcast.

In this episode Paul & Jake discuss insights around squad planning, how AI can aid squad management and sporting directors in their roles, and so much more.

The Association of Sporting Directors' mission is to support, develop, and connect our members who are spread out across the globe and all bring unique skills and experiences to the role of sporting director.

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This bonus episode of the ASD Podcast features Jake Schuster (Co-Founder at Gemini Sports).

This episode is brought to you by Paul Musa, sports lawyer and host and producer of the What The Footie Podcast.

In this episode Paul & Jake discuss squad management and planning, how AI and data can help Sporting Directors and so much more.

The Association of Sporting Directors' mission is to support, develop, and connect our members who are spread out across the globe and all bring unique skills and experiences to the role of sporting director.

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Episode 13 of the ASD Podcast features John Thorrington (Co-President & General Manager at LAFC) with reflections and insights from our partners Elevate Talent.

This episode is brought to you by Paul Musa, sports lawyer and host and producer of the What The Footie Podcast.

In this episode Paul & John discuss how to build teams, developing playing and non-playing staff, the secret to managing upwards, aligning departments, squad planning and so much more.

The Association of Sporting Directors' mission is to support, develop, and connect our members who are spread out across the globe and all bring unique skills and experiences to the role of sporting director.

Special thanks to our ASD Partners: Teamworks, SkillCorner, ClubDNA, Elevate Talent, Ahead In Sport, MiMentor, Hudl, Eyeball Football, Traits Insights and Gemini Sports.

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Episode 12 of the ASD Podcast features Philippe Senderos (High Performance Specialist at FIFA) with reflections and insights from our partners Trait Insights. Philippe is a former International Footballer and was previously Sporting Director at Servette FC.

This episode is brought to you by Paul Musa, sports lawyer and host and producer of the What The Footie Podcast.

In this episode Paul & Philippe discuss how to create network effects, talent development, the ever-learning process of being a Sporting Director, the secret to managing upwards, aligning departments and so much more.

The Association of Sporting Directors' mission is to support, develop, and connect our members who are spread out across the globe and all bring unique skills and experiences to the role of sporting director.

Special thanks to our ASD Partners: Teamworks, SkillCorner, ClubDNA, Elevate Talent, Ahead In Sport, MiMentor, Hudl, Eyeball Football, Traits Insights and Gemini Sports.

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This ASD x Hudl roundtable is moderated by Paul Musa (ASD) and features Stephen Ward (Director of Football at Solihull Moors FC), Paul Jenkins (Director of Football Development at Burnley FC) and Khalid El-Ahmad (Sporting Director and Chief Soccer Officer at Minnesota United)

This episode is brought to you by Hudl.

This roundtable reflects on the importance of succession planning, the steps to find the next best Head Coach and so much more.

The Association of Sporting Directors' mission is to support, develop, and connect our members who are spread out across the globe and all bring unique skills and experiences to the role of sporting director.

This episode is produced by Paul Musa, host and producer of the What The Footie Podcast.

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