FIFA MASTER ALUMNI - WHERE ARE THEY NOW? - TSUNEYASU MIYAMOTO
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Current Position: President, Japan Football Association (JFA)
Year of graduation: 2013 (13th Edition)
Nationality: Japanese
What does your current role as JFA president involve?
My schedule is filled with meetings within the JFA, building relationships with sponsors, and participating in the activities of the national team.
In addition to communicating with FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation, I also need to communicate with key individuals at the Football Associations in all 47 prefectures across the country.
There are many things I would like to work on in order to increase the presence of Japanese football both at home and abroad.
Which aspects of the FIFA Master course have helped you most in your career?
Thanks to the FIFA Master course, I learnt that when making important decisions, we should always take into account historical, managerial and legal elements. I now always try to keep in mind the importance of having multiple perspectives during the decision-making process.
As a player, I thought that I understood football. But as a player, I could see football from this angle only. Thanks to the FIFA Master, I now have a historical perspective and a managerial perspective and a legal perspective.
The knowledge which I gained from the course continues to help me today and the FIFA Master alumni community has made my job a lot easier recently. Whenever the JFA needs to work with other member associations, things go more smoothly if the association's counterpart is a FIFA Master graduate, and I have had many I now always try to keep in mind the importance of having multiple perspectives during the decision-making process instances where the FIFA Master alumni network has helped me.
What advice would you give to future students on the course?
I hope that future FIFA Master students will join the course with an open mind, ready to improve themselves and to learn from each other. ‘Commitment’, ‘Cooperation’ and ‘Inspiration’ are the three words I would use to describe the FIFA Master and what you will need for success during your studies.
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