The World Football Summit Podcast

For this episode, we welcome Irene Martínez and David Dassonville to the show. Both of them work as Solution Consultants for Hudl. Hudl is a pioneer brand in performance analysis technology, helping more than 200,000 teams in 40+ global sports. More than 6M users use Hudl's services including online coaching tools, mobile and desktop apps, smart cameras, analytics, professional consultation, and m...

Today, we have a fantastic conversation for you as we welcome Félix Torralba, Chief Revenue Officer at RCD Mallorca, to the show. RCD Mallorca is a unique club from a "sports business" perspective thanks to: Their loyal fan base and legacy as a football club A powerful set of clubs assets and a brand that is recognized at a global scale Their geographic location: Mallorca is a popular tourist dest...

Women's football is experiencing unstoppable momentum and is headed for exponential growth, as you can see in the article we published on our blog with the best quotes in 2022 ,  But, while we fully agree with these conclusions, we wondered, is this true in all regions of the world? During WFS Africa in Durban, we noticed the industry leaders are keen on growing the women's game and seeing it...

As we approach the end of 2022, it is good to stop and reflect on how the year has evolved and analyze the dynamics that are shaping the future of the football industry, some of which include: Women’s football finally getting the recognition it deserves, and the question now is how it can unlock the next level of growth. Sustainability and how football can become a driving force in influencing soc...

Our guest today is Bas Schnater, founder of Fan Engagement Consultancy, a fan experience sports marketing business that has worked with the likes of UEFA, the dutch club AZ Alkamaar and even the Premier League. Shortly after participating in WFS Europe as a speaker in a panel discussing fan engagement strategies, Bas published a brilliant article with detailed research on how football clubs can do...

On November 16th-17th, the global football industry gathered in Durban (South Africa) for the first-ever World Football Summit Africa. If there was one common theme we took away from it is that  “there is massive untapped potential in the African football industry” but it needs to address the challenges that are blocking growth, one of the main ones being finding new sources of revenue. There...

Today, we welcome Lindi Ngwenya, founder of Sisu Sports Management to the show. Sisu Sports Management is a talent agency but with a different angle as they work with players/coaches from less well-supported areas of the game such as African Football, smaller European Leagues, and Women's Football. Now they are also looking to provide African football talent with new opportunities in American coll...

The start of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is just 10 days away now and it seems like a perfect time to talk about the tournament from “the business” side. A few weeks ago in WFS Europe, we welcomed Khaled Al- Suwaidi, Director of Stakeholder Relations at the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the live stage in Sevilla. The masterful David Garrido carries o...

Today, we welcome Ben Peppi to the show. Ben currently is Head of Sport at JMW Solicitors, one of the top law firms in the UK, but he has knowledge across so many spaces…athletes, investment, consumer brands, obviously sports law and startups. Overall, this is a conversation about legacy. Specifically, about the pillars that build up an athlete's legacy after retirement: Investment, Partnerships,...

A couple of months ago, we published an article on our blog sharing 5 investment trends shaping football's future. These included multi-club ownership models, the entrance of American investors in European football, SPACS, technology, Women’s football, and technology. These were key topics that were covered during WFS Europe. Today, we are bringing you a different kind of episode where we have “re...

This week Marcos Pelegrin, Managing Director of LaLiga in Africa , visits The World Football Summit Podcast to share an overview of the role of LaLiga in Africa. We discuss: Who is the fan of LaLiga in Africa? How consumption of sports content is growing across all channels. Why the football industry needs Africa if it wants to unlock the next level of growth What he has learned from the different...

The year 2022 has been a remarkable year for women’s football: Record attendance in stadiums all over the place: FC Barcelona, the Euros, NWSL, etc. Record-breaking broadcasting deals and investment rounds Landmark partnership and sponsorship deals Overall, the women’s game is driving more investment than ever before. The question is…Now what? How can these dynamics fuel growth? On this episode, w...

Last week, during WFS Europe, Sevilla became the capital of the global football industry for two days. This week we wanted to bring you a special episode, taken from an amazing panel out of the 50+ that were available at the event.  As technology evolves, the partnership model between brands and football clubs needs to keep pace, as it has evolved from "the brand" perspective, to the digital...

In this week's episode, we bring you another conversation with a change-maker that is using football as a platform to drive social change. We sit down with Drew Chafetz, co-founder and CEO of love.fútbol , an NGO with a very clear mission: Giving kids a safe place to play football. They currently have more than 50 projects across more than 15 countries and they have experience collaborating with s...

If there is one thing that defines sports is the set of "emotions" it is able to create during live matches. Football fans around the globe can remember when, where or who they were with when a unique moment of a game took place.  What if football clubs or broadcasters could capture such moments in real time and use them as a fantastic tool for fan engagement? eShot Labs is a business doing j...

Our guest today is Soheil Var, an entrepreneur who has built a community of more than 500K online followers by documenting his journey toward becoming a professional football player on social media, with a particular focus on Tik Tok. His dream has taken him all over the world and it has also opened up several business opportunities for him; Soheil is not just "an influencer." Some of the topics w...

We are living through a transformational era in which the transition from web2 to web3 promises to open a wide array of revenue opportunities for football clubs, whether it's through merchandise, sponsorship, or media rights. At the same time though, the need for sports properties to protect their intellectual properties is more crucial than ever. To get more clarity on the matter, we invited Etie...

This year at WFS Europe we are launching a new track specifically on understanding all the elements that maximize player performance. The industry has evolved from focusing on the physical component to doing so on realms like mental awareness, nutrition, and sleep, which is precisely the topic of this episode World Football Summit sits down with one of the biggest experts in the world on the scien...

Magnifi Co-founder & CEO, Vinayak Shrivastav, talks to us about how Artificial Intelligence can influence the football industry at a time when fans are changing the way they consume sports due to the vast amount of content and stimuli they are receiving from social media and other platforms.  This was something that our partners for WFS Europe, LaLiga, and Nielsen published in this report...

Nobel Peace Prize, Professor Muhammad Yunus is the father of the social business and the microcredits movements. Over the last 40 years, Prof. Yunus has created a large network of experts, now present in over 150 countries, helping to solve social issues and improving the lives of millions of people through social business. In 2018, he created the Yunus Sports Hub to put this network at the servic...

World Football Summit  speaks exclusively to Jordan Gardner, an American sports executive who is Former Chairman of the Board, Managing Partner, and Co-Owner at FC Helsingør, a football team from Denmark. Three years after his group acquired the Danish soccer club, he shares with us many valuable lessons about culture, leadership, and much more, which help prove why he was a worthy finalist f...

World Football Summit is where the football industry meets . This podcast is for leaders who want to shape the future of the football (or soccer) industry. On this show, we will bring you closer to the people and the organizations who are driving change in the sports business industry all over the world. You can learn more about us on: Our website LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Facebook Our official Y...