Fixed world champion with the Brazilian team, Mauro Silva has been vice president of the Paulista Football Federation (FPF) since 2015. As a leader, he sees education as a factor of transformation in football, even to prevent athletes from having financial problems after retirement.
“I think Brazil is missing in Brazil, in the grassroots categories. I think the player is more advised, because if he separates a part, like me (…) investing (…), he will never have financial difficulty in life. But they have changed the proportion, they earn much more, but also spend much more,” said Mauro Silva In an interview with the Game Changers program.
Mauro Silva sees the lack of good financial advice for athletes as a problem not only in football, but in other sports, such as basketball – even alloys known as management models such as NBA, the US Basketball League.
“If you get the statistics of NBA players, for example, many who make a lot of money also end up having financial problems in the future. Because the player has a tendency to invest in a lot of passive, right? Buy five houses, ten boats, helicopter, plane, everything that takes money out of your pocket,” explained the four -time world champion. “I see that the player buys very passive and little active. And the passive, over time, consumes his assets.”
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With the experience of those who played for 13 years in Spain and made history with the La Coruña shirt, Mauro Silva believes that the European athlete has a simpler standard of life than the Brazilian player.
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“You see the European player, for example, with a smaller apartment, with simple car (…) I remember Xavi in Barcelona, from Iniesta in Japan (…). The guys are a subway, it’s a more normal life. Here in Brazil, the player is almost a Hollywood actor. It’s a big star, right?
Football and Politics
Mauro Silva accepted the invitation to become a leader and join the backstage of football in 2015, when he became Vice-President of the FPF. He admitted in the interview with the Game Changers that he has even invited some of his companions in winning the four -time world championship by the Brazilian team to enter politics, as he sees as a way of positively transforming society.
“You need to get involved, right? I really believe that. The other day I found Cafu and said,“ Cafu, why don’t you leave a senator candidate? ”The former athlete said, citing other friend who could go the way, like Raí and Dunga.
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“Dunga is doing wonderful social work in Rio Grande do Sul. You imagine what these people, with this heart, wouldn’t do there in Brasilia? Because if we want a better country, we have to get involved. We need to participate,” said the soccer executive, then complete.
“We need to get involved. In politics there is no vacuum. If there is an empty chair, someone will occupy that space.”
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