The session will be held within the activities of the 17th edition

Benfica president and Liverpool manager talk about attracting talent at the Dubai International Conference

  • The former world star, President of Benfica, Rui Costa.

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  • Liverpool manager Julian Ward.

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On the morning of the 17th of this month, the headquarters of the Dubai Sports Council will host an important session within the activities of the 17th edition of the Dubai International Sports Conference, a member of the "Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives".

The session is titled "Attracting the Talented", in which Rui Costa, the Portuguese national team star, the Portuguese clubs Benfica, the former Italian Milan and Fiorentina, the current president of the Portuguese club Benfica, and Julian Ward, the sporting director of the Liverpool club, will speak.

The selection of this session as part of the conference activities, in the presence of international football stars, comes in implementation of the directives of the Dubai government to enhance Dubai’s role as an incubator in the field of attracting and developing talent, and it also gives representatives of state clubs and workers in this important sector the opportunity to learn about successful professional experiences in the field of attracting, discovering and developing talented people. Athletes, and rely on them to build successful teams capable of winning tournaments.

Both Benfica and Liverpool clubs have a great and successful experience in the field of attracting, discovering and developing talented players, and each of them has a special and distinguished school in this field.

Rui Costa combines the experience of the player who graduated from the academies and youth teams to playing in the strongest European clubs, and with the Portuguese national team, in international tournaments, as well as the experience of the president and official at Benfica, which represents an important diversity in understanding the needs of the talented player and how to care for him As well as setting the right plans in the club to attract, discover and develop talented people.

On the other hand, Julian Ward works in one of the most important European and international clubs, which is Liverpool FC, and works with various teams that represent the club, including academies teams and different age groups. It will shed light on the policy and mechanisms of work in the field of talented people, which can help to form a special model that suits our many clubs and football academies that operate in the UAE in general, and Dubai in particular, and achieve the goals that the Dubai Sports Council sought to achieve for our sports sector, according to the directions and work strategies that Launched by the government in the field of attracting sports talent.

Benfica and Liverpool have significant and successful global experience in attracting, discovering and developing talented players.

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