Asporting director, ordirector of sport, is anexecutive management position in asports club. The role is well known as amanager role for European football clubs, which are sometime also "sports clubs", offering many types of sports. The sporting director is, in many cases, a member of theexecutive board and therefore an executive director.^[1] The sporting director is usually directly subordinate to theCEO or thechairman of the sports organisation. The sporting director is in turn typically the manager of thecoaching staff.^[2]

Adirector of football ordirector of soccer, sometimes also called a sporting director or technical director, is a senior management figure at anassociation football (soccer) club, most commonly in Europe. Often, their key task is managingtransfers of players to and from the team. However, the nature of the position varies, and their role at a particular club may be more specialised.^[3]