Secretary of State for Youth and Sports (SEJD) João Paulo Correia said on Monday that only 15% of coaches in Portugal are women and that the sport needs more women in the “places of power”.
In Viana do Castelo, during the official opening ceremony of the forum of the National Association of Football Coaches, the official pointed out that the female aspect of football contributed to the increase in the number of players, set at 212 thousand, and defended that the “debate” about the female presence extends “to places of power”, extending the analysis to other modalities.
“Of the 60 sports with public status in Portugal, only 15% of coaches are women. We are very far from the average European level. 2030 is the European average not only among practitioners, but also among coaches, managers and judges,” he emphasized in his speech.
According to a 2015 report by the European Institute for Gender Equality, the share of female coaches in the European Union was already between 20 and 30% and the SEJD acknowledged that there is “a lot of way to go” to reduce “inequalities among representation in football and sport in general”.
João Paulo Correia also believed that the coaching profession is “one of the most demanding” in society, given the “constant appreciation and scrutiny” of the fans or the press and, at the same time, the “added value” for sporting success. practitioners, extending the analysis beyond football.
“There is no athlete who sets a standard or wins an international competition without a coach behind his success. Sporting success is synonymous with a good coach or a good coach (…) Coaches are essential in training, they are indispensable in the base club and in the high performance architecture,” he stressed.
The president of the Portuguese Professional Football League, Pedro Proenza, stressed that the Portuguese coach has “a capacity for innovation and survival that few have.”
“Football in Portugal is a talent industry and it has always revolved around the players. The role of a coach was not appreciated, but today it has already received well-deserved recognition. (…) We have elite professionals in Portugal,” he said. stressed during the session that opened the meeting with more than a thousand subscribers, which will take place this Monday and Tuesday as part of the programming of Viana do Castelo as the European City of Sports in 2023.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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