agap2IT is preparing to present Football ISM at the event "The Future of Football", an initiative organized by Sporting Clube de Portugal, which will take place on April 27 at 09:30. The platform makes it possible to manage players' sporting, educational, social and personal development and to make the selection and training process developed by clubs more profitable.
Lisbon, April 20th, 2017 - A agap2IT is preparing to present Football ISM, recognized as the most complete talent information and process management platform for a soccer club. Developed with the knowledge of one of the best schools in the world, the Alcochete Academy, it allows the maximization of human and material resources in this competitive world sport. The presentation of the project is part of the 3rd edition of the "The Future of Football", organized by Sporting Clube de Portugal (SCP).
Soccer generates record revenues from player transfers every year. The Portuguese league was the most profitable in terms of sales in the 2016/2017 season worldwide - including the summer and winter transfer periods. Sales of 273 million euros, a positive balance of 169 million euros. In this millennium, the academies of SCP, FCP and SLB have earned more than 400 million euros in the sale of players.
The professional clubs that are best equipped technologically to manage information for the selection and training of assets are the ones that achieve the best results. surplus and financially necessary to win. Selecting, training talent or buying cheap and selling is part of the business plan for clubs in leagues like Portugal, Holland and Belgium. The level of television, commercial or stadium attendance revenue is short. Portugal is a source market.
To Filipe EstevesDirector General of agap2IT: "The sustained know-how in the solutions we develop allows us to identify relevant sectors from the point of view of our intervention, with specific needs to which the experience and knowledge of agap2IT's consultants can provide original answers. Professional soccer may not be an obvious area, but the amounts of investment made and the degree of complexity and sophistication of the processes developed in this context make it a field par excellence for the creation of innovative technological solutions. The fact that we have had the opportunity to develop this platform in partnership with SCP validates the effort and investment made and offers very positive prospects for its use.".
Soccer ISM manages in detail the sporting, educational, social and personal development of soccer's main asset: the players. It is the only technological platform on the market capable of analyzing in detail and across the board: scouting, recruitment, training and competition evaluation, facilities and equipment management and the medical and legal component. The platform allows unlimited quantitative and qualitative evaluation of data, providing club managers with the best information for control and decision-making.
It was developed using the experience of the Alcochete Academy, Sporting Clube de Portugal being the only club in the world to train two of the best FIFA players in the world - Luís Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo. The various departments of the Sporting Clube de Portugal academy participated in the development of the platform together with agap2IT.
The congress "The Future of Football" is an SCP initiative that aims to promote discussion on topics such as new technologies in soccer, along with marketing strategies for sports brands, the challenges of the coaching and management in the context of the sector. The initiative takes place on April 26 and 27 at the José Alvalade Stadium.
