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Sunil Chhetri, the 37-year-old India skipper, has enrolled himself in the esteemed ISDE Law Business School to to study global masters in sports management and legal skills.
The online one-year course begun last month and on fruition Chhetri, worldwide football’s third-highest scorer after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, will get a postgraduate degree.
The course costs is 15000 euros however Chhetri has a 100 percent grant. ISDE, which works couple with Spanish monsters FC Barcelona, has a tie-up with FIFPRO.. Chhetri had sent his application and CV through FIFPRO’s Indian arm, Football Players Association of India, of which he is a VP.
“Sunil had an illustrious career of more than two decades. It was time for him to look to the future also. A degree in sports management and legal skills will definitely help him in his future endeavours,” a source told The Telegraph.
“With a packed calendar every season, Sunil hardly had breathing space. But the nationwide lockdown gave him time to ponder over his future,” the source added.
The management part in football is developing massively.
A portion of the choices for Chhetri are: management of sports organisations, law offices, sports agent, sports consulting, federations, leagues, clubs and associations.
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