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Cristiano Ronaldo Documentary - Greatest Of All Time (BBC 2017)

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- Career testimony video

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https://www.sporttechie.com/how-soccer-technology-has-evolved-since-brazils-world-cup/

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At the 2014 World Cup, soccer teams were just starting to make use of analytics,   goal line technology.  In 2018, we’re living in a much more connected world: people regularly wear devices on their wrists, athletes use real-time data to make informed decisions about their training, and precision technology catches infractions the human eye might miss.  VAR will complement the goal technology used at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Goal-line technology provides a means of instantly determining whether the entire ball crossed the goal line. Match officials wear smartwatches and receive a signal on their wrist within one second if a goal is scored.

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What technology must be used for your career?

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7% (As fast as average)

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https://www.bls.gov/ooh/entertainment-and-sports/athletes-and-sports-competitors.htm

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Job Market projection?

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Some of the career benefits in becoming a professional athlete is a high salary, personal validation that comes from fame, friends in very high places, getting free stuff, paid sick days and so on etc...

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Everyone knows that being a professional athlete is a great job that comes with a seemingly endless amount of perks for those fortunate enough to find themselves doing a job that many people would give up anything to do for free...

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Career benefits?

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No education is required to become a professional soccer player. Yet going in to the real world you only need the usual education in how to handle money and pay your bills otherwise there's no need of an education to play professionally.  Long-term on-the-job training .

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What education is required?

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median pay is $100,000 for men's Major League Soccer. Each team in the NWSL has a salary cap of just $265,000—compared to more than $3 million for men.Mar 31, 2016.  Per Sporting Intelligence's annual Global Sports Salaries Survey 2016, EPL salaries average $3.2 million and La Liga salaries average $1.6 million. Manchester United led all soccer teams with the highest average salary of $7,616,400. It all depends where you choose to go and play. As in Europe there is bigger leagues and bigger competition which leads to more money.

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At the 2014 World Cup, soccer teams were just starting to make use of analytics, social media was only beginning to embrace sports streaming, and there was no such thing as a virtual referee on the pitch. Four years later, at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, these technologies and new ones will be on display as technological innovation continues to shape the way fans consume content, athletes train, and referees make calls.

The World Cup in Brazil was full of new equipment materials, , early iterations of wearable devices (in a pre-Apple Watch era), and goal line technology . Fans were posting on social media at unprecedented rates using free WiFi, and Twitter was dabbling in sports broadcasting with nightly analyses and highlights of goals. There was even a brain wave-powered exoskeleton, which debuted during the opening ceremony when a paralyzed teenager kicked a soccer ball.

Video Assisted Referees (VAR)

The most exciting new technology at this year's World Cup will be video assisted referees, or VAR. Simply put, this is the first time video replays will be used to assist refs at soccer's biggest tournament after a decade of consideration.

The VAR system comprises of a team of assistant officials, located in a remote video room, who will use technology to help head officials make calls. The VAR team uses an automated three-dimensional line system (calibrated with lasers before the match begins) that will help refs spot infractions, such as red card or offside penalties.

The technology draws an invisible line from the ground into the air around each player, giving officials the spacial awareness to call offsides even if just an arm, shoulder or head is over the line, and not just easier-to-spot legs or feet. The tech is assisted by multiple cameras placed around the stadium that offer triangulation.

This week at a news conference, FIFA's director of refereeing, Massimo Busacca, tried to temper expectations by warning that the system won't be perfect for this World Cup. This year, it'll only be used in an advisory capacity on difficult calls.

Goal-Line Tech

The system uses both cameras and magnetic fields to make a determination about the ball's location. Several cameras detect the ball and use software to evaluate its location, while cables placed underground and around the goal interact with technology inside the ball to determine via magnetic fields whether the whole of the ball has crossed the goal line.

"Wanting a customised watch for the referees, FIFA asked Hublot to conceive the perfect watch to accompany them on the pitches during the matches," the watchmaker said in a statement. "Hublot designed this connected watch, its first, for the footballing universe."

Analytics/Wearables

Analytics in general have become an important component of the way athletes train. If the 2014 World Cup represented a showcase of these technologies, the 2018 tournament will be much more data-filled, bringing teams granular training and match analyses in real time. In addition to each team's own analytics capabilities, FIFA approved of the use of tablets for coaches on the bench for the first time. Each of the 32 competing teams will have the option to use tablets fed real-time information about player metrics, positional data, and video footage.

Streaming/Social

Over the past few years, technology and social media giants, such as Twitter, Amazon and Facebook, have been scooping up streaming rights across sports. Earlier this month, Amazon announced that it had secured English Premier League soccer rights for U.K.-based Prime members, giving Prime Video the exclusive rights to broadcast 20 matches in each of three seasons, beginning 2019-20. Amazon's original docuseries "All or Nothing" will include a behind-the-scenes profile of Manchester City .

Streaming live sports games online has become easier-than-ever for cable cord-cutting consumers. For the soccer tournament this year, consumers will be able to catch games and highlights in a variety of ways. Fox Sports has exclusive English broadcasting rights in the U.S. and will stream every game through FoxSports.com and the Fox Sports app. People without cable will be able to catch games through internet TV packages, such as Sling TV, YouTube TV, and DirecTV Now.

Twitter will play an increased role in World Cup coverage on social. Within seconds of every goal, Twitter will clip and post the highlight . Broadcasters from Fox Sports and Australia's broadcaster SBS will air live shows each night on Twitter recapping the day and previewing the next. For the second World Cup in a row, Twitter will also host voting for the Man of the Match after each game.

Equipment

The previous World Cup brought innovative manufacturing tactics and materials for cleats and jerseys from the likes of Nike, Adidas, and Puma to the forefront. This year, one of the bigger equipment upgrades will be the Adidas Telstar 18 game ball, which will feature an embedded NFC chip that will enable the ball to communicate with mobile devices to unlock new fan experiences, including exclusive content, and access to challenges that users can enter.

Scouting

Scouting technology won't necessarily be on display at the World Cup, but it is being used increasingly across soccer and could eventually be used to spot talent for future tournaments. A new scouting platform called ScoutMe, which was recently adopted by the All India Football Federation, is seeking to unearth talent in rural regions . Tonsser, a European scouting app, has been partnering with professional teams in Europe, including the English Premier League's Southampton FC, to enhance club scouting efforts using algorithms that discover top players. Those athletes are then invited to exclusive club trials .

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How Soccer Technology Has Evolved Since Brazil's World Cup

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At the 2014 World Cup, soccer teams were just starting to make use of analytics, social media was only beginning to embrace sports streaming, and there was no such thing as a virtual referee on the pitch.

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Salary?

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To obtain this career you've got to train really hard. You have to be very ambitious with what you love to do and stay consistent. Playing for a team and go to tournaments to get scouted or go to tryouts and try your best. You have to have lots of discipline and continue with lots of various routines. This career is very competitive as to know that not anyone gets that chance to become a professional athlete.

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How do I Obtain This Career?