A Construction of Management Model to Promote Career for National Football Players Retirement of China Football Association

Background and Aim: The issue of employment placement for retired professional football players is urgent. Therefore, we must promote our country's the rapid, vigorous, healthy and sustainable development of professional football sports must well solve the employment placement problem of retired professional football players and relieve their worries. So, the purpose of this study was to construct the management model to promote career for national football players retirement of China football association. Materials and Methods: This study is a survey type. The populations of this research include 7 experts’ interview. 50 current football national player and retired football national player (past 5 years), 110 football club leaders, 1 football association leader and 10 coaches for questionnaire method. The Delphi process will involve a total of 19 experts, and connoisseurship method using 9 experts to confirm the management model to promote career for national football players retirement of China football association. Result: 1) Using a questionnaire about the problem and obstruction to promote career for national football players retirement of China football association. It was found that the average level of problems in each area was high. And in each component, there will be problems with a high average level as well. 2) After the researcher asked questions by interview method based on POLC theory to 7 experts, in the planning component. There are a total 13 elements were obtained, organizing component, there are a total 8 elements were obtained, for the leading component, there are a total of 11 elements were obtained, and for the controlling component, there are a total of 11 elements were obtained. 3) After two round Delphi method, the elements in each aspect can be summarized as follows: The planning component consists of 15 elements, the organizing component consists of 9 elements, the leading component consists of 9 elements, the controlling component consists of 8 elements. Conclusion: From the management model to promote careers for national football players retirement of China Football Association that the researcher has created according to the PLOC management theory, it is found that most of the problems are still at a high level. Therefore, the researcher created a draft management model and then sent it to experts to help confirm and suggest methods for creating the model. After confirming the model, it can be concluded that the management model is scientific and can be practically applied according to the context of the country and type of sport.