Breaking Into The Brazilian Sports Industry: A Recap Of Kristian's First Week In Rio
Geschreven op 24/11/2011 door Jelle Verdoodt — 0 reacties
Sinds 16 november verblijft Kristian Dobrev, een jonge Belgische
sportprofessional, in Brazilië voor een maand. Zijn doel: internationale ervaring
opdoen in de sportsector om zo zijn 'sportcareer' een boost te geven! Waarom hij dit doet en hoe hij het aanpakt,
krijg je de komende weken op dit blog te lezen. Met zijn uitzonderlijk
verhaal (in het Engels, want hij gaat dan ook internationaal) hoopt hij
andere sportprofessionals te inspireren. Alvast veel leesplezier
gewenst!
Breaking into the Brazilian sports industry: The story of Kristian Dobrev (part 2)
Olá colegas!
Wow, it’s already been a week since I wrote my first blog here about my adventure. I guess time goes by quickly when you’re enjoying yourself…
For the past few days now, I have been using my free time to get to know the city inside out, strolling from one neighborhood to the other, meeting new people and soaking up all the beautiful and not-so-beautiful things Rio de Janeiro has to offer (but trust me, most of those things are beautiful!). Because, when you’re thinking of finding work in a country so different from your own, you better make sure for yourself (not what others say) whether you’d like the idea of actually living there. And in Rio’s case you have to look beyond the splendor of Christ the Redeemer, Sugarloaf Mountain, samba beats and football games.
There's no experience like sports experience
I’ve been lucky enough to catch both a football game (Flamengo – Figueirense) and the final day of RioChampions, a tennis exhibition tournament in which I got to watch Ivenisevic – Moya and Kuerten – Corretja. Attending sporting events when you’re abroad can be very interesting and rewarding as you get a true sense of how the locals experience them. And in Brazil’s case, it’s all about having fun!
In the meantime, I’ve been corresponding with my contacts trying to find an appropriate time to schedule our meetings. Yesterday was my first one, with three very nice guys who run the Rio branch of www.2svsports.com. The projects they’re doing seemed very interesting and with a beautiful outlook, however, given the fact that they only started the branch in January of this year, they don’t have the budget to hire a new employee for the time being. Nevertheless, they showed a sincere willingness to keep in touch and help with any future projects in which their knowledge and expertise might be useful.
Sometimes you need a little luck
On the other hand, my volunteering application at the Soccerex GC2011 seems to having turned out unsuccessful unfortunately. Sometimes, no matter how many times and different ways you try to get in somewhere or how ever qualified you may be, you just have to accept the fact that luck wasn’t on your side this time, be proud that you’ve tried everything, and move onto the next challenge.
The next meetings are yet to be scheduled (people seem to be very busy around here), but I should have fresh news after the weekend so stay tuned.
Tchau!
Kristian
Age: 23
Nationalities: Belgian and Bulgarian
Education: Bachelor of Business in Sport Management at BES La Salle (Barcelona, Spain)
Internships: Nike and Mediapro (Media Sports Marketing)
Languages: Dutch, Bulgarian, English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kristiandobrev
Twitter: @kdobrev
Read on: Kristian's story part 1: Preparing for taking off to Brazil
Read on: Kristian's story Part 3: Call me a lucky bastard... networking at Soccerex Global Convention!
Read on: Kristian's story Part 4, final part: Back in Belgium! And this is what I learned...