FIFA Master Alumni - Where are they now? - Dominique CHANG
Dominique CHANG
Current Position: Head of International Affairs, Jisung Park JS Cup International Youth Football Tournament in Korea / Chief Consultant, C&TSS International Sports Consultancy, Korea / Head of Global Business Development, WETAPE Inc.
Year of graduation: 2024 (24th Edition)
Nationality: Korea Republic
What does your current role involve?
My current work focuses on building international football platforms that connect people, cultures, and organisations across Asia and beyond.
As Head of International Affairs for the Jisung Park JS Cup International Youth Football Tournament in Korea, I lead the tournament’s international operations, including strategic planning, overseas team communication, participation coordination, cultural and operational support, and liaison officer training. However, I see the tournament as more than a competition. My goal is to help develop it into a platform where young players, coaches, clubs, and local communities connect through football. Through AFIA, an institute dedicated to football-centred development, I design and execute football-based cultural exchange and capacity-building programmes that enrich international football events, including the Auckland International Youth Football Cup in New Zealand.
Alongside this, I work as a football consultant through C&TSS International Sports Consultancy, connecting federations, clubs, players and companies through youth development projects, cross-border partnerships, and international football initiatives. Recent projects include international development and capacity-building programmes with Chongqing FA in China and AIFC in New Zealand, as well as projects connected to CFG’s Shenzhen Peng City FC, FC Bayern Munich’s Korea market entry and WeTape, a Korean sports tape manufacturer, on overseas business development.
Which aspects of the FIFA Master course have helped you most in your career?
The FIFA Master helped me see my own journey in football with new eyes. Growing up in a sports family, with a father who played for the Korean national team and coached professionally across Korea, Japan and China, a mother in Korean Artistic Swimming, and my own background as an elite basketball player in Australia, sport shaped how I understood discipline, identity, community and culture.
Before the course, I had been fortunate to experience football from many different angles, from youth and professional football environments to the business side of the game. I had practical experience, but I wanted to understand how those experiences connected within the wider global sports industry. That is what the FIFA Master gave me. The modules provided valuable frameworks in humanities, management and law, but the greatest value of the programme went beyond the classroom.
Above all, the greatest value for me of the FIFA Master was the people, and the journey we shared together. In many ways, the journey itself became the lesson. The real transformation often happened in between: in late-night conversations at the flat, during travels, around meals, through debates, and even through moments of tension we had to navigate together. Sharing life with classmates from all over the world taught me something no textbook could fully teach. That is, how to listen better, understand different perspectives and grow through diversity. That lesson has become central to my work. Today, much of what I do involves connecting clubs, federations, coaches, players, companies, and communities across borders. The FIFA Master gave me not only knowledge, but also the confidence, humility, and sensitivity to turn diversity into meaningful collaboration.
What advice would you give to future students?
Be intentional but stay open. The course may reveal possibilities you had not imagined. Use the year to listen, reflect, and understand where your background, values, and strengths can create real value.
Invest deeply in people.
The FIFA Master network is more than a career resource. It is a community that can challenge, support and inspire you through trust and shared experience.
Embrace the full journey, not only the academic part.
Some of the most important lessons happen in the time spent together, where you learn how to listen, adapt and collaborate.
Finally, be courageous enough to step into the unknown.
Explore, take on your own quest, and ask not only, “What job do I want?” but “What kind of impact do I want to make through sport?”
Cherish every moment.
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