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Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by BlackViper(op): 9:59pm On Sep 15
Taiwo Awoniyi has earned a diploma in global football sports directorship from the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) Business School in the UK.

The Ilorin-born striker was part of the initiative’s 2026 cohort and graduated on Monday. He had previously acquired a degree in business management from Buckinghamshire New University, Wycombe, UK, in 2022.

According to the institution’s website, the global football sports directorship is a postgraduate diploma, with Andoni Zubizarreta, former Manchester City sporting director, and Les Reed, former vice-president of Southampton FC, as programme coordinators.

“This programme aims to provide aspiring sporting directors with specialised training in the most complex and technical subjects that have never been covered in any training programme previously. Its ultimate goal is to prepare future sporting directors for the challenges that the football industry presents on a global scale,” the programme summary reads.

Awoniyi has spent over four years in the UK since joining Nottingham Forest for a then-club-record £17.2 million.

He moved to Coventry City last month for a reported fee of £17 million. The 29-year-old’s early days at his new club have been unimpressive, and he was sent off last weekend in their 5-0 loss to Brighton in the English Premier League (EPL).
https://www.thecable.ng/taiwo-awoniyi-bags-postgraduate-diploma-in-football-directorship/

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Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by LordFriar: 11:23pm On Sep 15
Nawa o. This one balling career done finish. Na nonsense degree he dey acquire up and dan now.

Why does a CF need a degree? huh
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LordFriar:
Nawa o. This one balling career done finish. Na nonsense degree he dey acquire up and dan now.

Why does a CF need a degree? huh
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LordFriar:
Nawa o. This one balling career done finish. Na nonsense degree he dey acquire up and dan now.

Why does a CF need a degree? huh
I can see why Tinubu gets away with his atrocities. Lazy, ignorant youth.
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Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by FSBoperator: 12:00am On Sep 16
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Well, football is now big business with it's own peculiarities.
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Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by SixSeven: 12:50am On Sep 16
LordFriar:
Nawa o. This one balling career done finish. Na nonsense degree he dey acquire up and dan now.

Why does a CF need a degree? huh
Have you seen this statement before? I hope you know the meaning and don't think it's an insult because you see the word foooll there.

Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by franugo(m): 1:16am On Sep 16
LordFriar:
Nawa o. This one balling career done finish. Na nonsense degree he dey acquire up and dan now.

Why does a CF need a degree? huh
probably needs it for the future
Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by SixSeven:
franugo:
probably needs it for the future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AxzeRsILPo


1. Giorgio Chiellini
Degree: Bachelor’s in Economics & Commerce (2010), Master of Business Administration (MBA) (2017) from the University of Turin.


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7553683583555128607

One of the greatest defenders of his generation. While balancing his MBA, he captained Juventus and the Italian National Team, winning nine consecutive Serie A titles and UEFA Euro 2020. Following retirement, he seamlessly transitioned into executive football management, serving as the Head of Football Institutional Relations at Juventus.


2. Vincent Kompany
Degree: Master of Business Administration (MBA) (2017) from Alliance Manchester Business School. He studied for his degree while serving as the captain of Manchester City, lifting multiple Premier League trophies. He even wrote his master's thesis on how Premier League clubs benefit from home-game advantages.

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7685476857847860513
His academic grip on leadership and corporate business directly fueled his rapid rise as an elite elite football manager. He went on to manage Burnley and was later appointed as the head coach of European giants Bayern Munich.

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7645257059881078049

3. Juan Mata
Degree: Two Bachelor's Degrees, one in Marketing and another in Sports Science. Mata undertook distance-learning courses during his prime years playing for Valencia, Chelsea, and Manchester United. During this span, he won the UEFA Champions League, the World Cup, and the European Championship. Widely regarded as one of football’s most articulate and respected figures, Mata utilized his marketing and sports background to launch the global Common Goal movement, rallying hundreds of players to donate 1% of their wages to charity.

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7654604934696013078


4. Robert Lewandowski
Degree: Bachelor's (2017) and Master’s Degree in Physical Education and Sport (2020) from the Academy of Sport Education in Warsaw.


https://www.tiktok.com/video/6865333906498080006
Lewandowski was already a global superstar when he defended his bachelor's thesis (which was literally written about his own football career, titled "RL 9: Path to Glory"wink. He completed his Master's degree in 2020, the exact same year he won the continental treble with Bayern Munich and was named FIFA Best Men's Player.
Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by Kingluqman(m): 2:02am On Sep 16
LordFriar:
Nawa o. This one balling career done finish. Na nonsense degree he dey acquire up and dan now.

Why does a CF need a degree? huh
Are you being real here or you just joking?

This means so much for his future because having a diploma in football directorship means you hold a specialized professional qualification that prepares you to manage the high-level business, strategy, and football operations of a professional sports club.


You might not understand.. that degree is definitely for his future after footballing career

#Otele
#Lamidi
grin
Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by AustineE1: 3:37am On Sep 16
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Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by IamPatriotic(m):
LordFriar:
Nawa o. This one balling career done finish. Na nonsense degree he dey acquire up and dan now.

Why does a CF need a degree? huh
It would have been wiser to ignore this thread and concentrate on your sports gambling, rather than coming here to advertise your ignorance and ridicule yourself with comments like this. After money, education is to me, the most valuable asset anyone can have, and your comment has just demonstrated why. 👌
Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by IamPatriotic(m): 3:53am On Sep 16
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Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by Rayjay45: 4:20am On Sep 16
FSBoperator:
Yoruba people and school sef.

Well, football is now big business with it's own peculiarities.
Funny how Amoda Yekini is a president from our stock when education is something we so much cherish.

Such shameful ironies
I guess it's safe to say that education ti lule in Yoruba land - cause look at the agbero menace, the kings and our ailing culture that is fast diminishing before our very eyes.

All say we don put money ahead of real values.

Na wa o ; grin.

Good on Awoniyi sha. Used to watch the lad live when he was at Nottingham back in 2023. From Beeston all the way to Mansfield, dem love am like hell.

Even the young persons I had the pleasure of supporting, many of whom were hard-core Nottingham FC fans grin
Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by omoredia: 4:22am On Sep 16
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Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by otipoju(m): 4:46am On Sep 16
LordFriar:
Nawa o. This one balling career done finish. Na nonsense degree he dey acquire up and dan now.

Why does a CF need a degree? huh
Your are arrogantly ignorant.

So he should not prepare for life after football. Go and ask Kelechi Iheanacho and Wildred Ndidi who bagged degrees in England while playing active football.
Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by Starhearts: 4:57am On Sep 16
LordFriar:
Nawa o. This one balling career done finish. Na nonsense degree he dey acquire up and dan now.

Why does a CF need a degree? huh
See how u re spliting poo online ...
Ur parents should be ashamed of U...

D money wey dem use send you go skool supposed used built poultry farm
Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by Afrojuju2017(m): 5:20am On Sep 16
LordFriar:
Nawa o. This one balling career done finish. Na nonsense degree he dey acquire up and dan now.

Why does a CF need a degree? huh
Because football carers font last long, he's already 29 and he was never a massive earner so he's preparing for a future post retirement which is less than 7 years away.
Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by Allahismylord: 5:30am On Sep 16
LordFriar:
Nawa o. This one balling career done finish. Na nonsense degree he dey acquire up and dan now.

Why does a CF need a degree? huh
Omo, people with different kinds of sickness online.
Re: Taiwo Awoniyi Bags Postgraduate Diploma In Football Directorship In UK by Allahismylord: 5:33am On Sep 16
Rayjay45:
Funny how Amoda Yekini is a president from our stock when education is something we so much cherish.

Such shameful ironies
I guess it's safe to say that education ti lule in Yoruba land - cause look at the agbero menace, the kings and our ailing culture that is fast diminishing before our very eyes.

All say we don put money ahead of real values.

Na wa o ; grin.

Good on Awoniyi sha. Used to watch the lad live when he was at Nottingham back in 2023. From Beeston all the way to Mansfield, dem love am like hell.

Even the young persons I had the pleasure of supporting, many of whom were hard-core Nottingham FC fans grin
You can make your unreasonable statements without pretending to be Yoruba. This ant sense will not work. Every statement gave you away. grin
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