Soccer Player

Duties and Responsibilities:

A professional soccer player entails assessing performance, maintaining equipment, participating in events, attending training, maintaining fitness, represent team and offering leadership. This profession has grown to become one of the most lucrative in terms of remuneration.

Salary:

The average annual salary for soccer players in the MLS $148,693.26. This average varies by player position. Goalkeepers earn an average of $85,296.48. Defenders earn $109,119.21. Midfielders earn an average of $129,573.88.

Education:

No education is necessary to become a professional soccer player. For example Cristiano Ronaldo who has played soccer for Manchester United, is uneducated. Although he joined the Sporting Lisbon academy at the age of 12 for training in soccer. Many professional soccer clubs have academies that train young players.

Demand for this Profession:

Anyone wishing to become a professional soccer player must have a great deal of technical skill, be in superb physical condition, develop excellent tactical knowledge and ability and be psychologically prepared for life as a professional soccer player. Once all these requirements are fulfilled, an aspiring professional soccer player needs to perform well at professional team try-outs.

Reflection: Do you think you would become one? Why or why not?

It would be really interesting becoming a soccer player but I don’t think that it is the career for me because I don’t think I would have the skills or qualifications.