Edmílsonworld champion with Brazil, took other directions after his retirement as a football player. The five-time champion even created Ska Brasil, a new football club based in Santana de Parnaíba, in São Paulo, in addition to launching a book: “Behind the Scenes of a Locker Room”.
On CNN Esportes S/A this Sunday (10), the former player commented on his inspiration for the book and explained the contents of the work.
Inside this book I provide some inspiration for preparation. When you go to play in a World Cup, a championship, you do a pre-season. It’s like planning a company. There are players who are not good, they don’t renew their contracts, there are employees who didn’t produce, they go to another team. It was an inspiration in what I experienced. How to change a game in 15 minutes, how to see the environment, the importance of feeling the environment you are in, arriving early, having a work ritual, a life ritual and listening when you make mistakes.
Still a football player, the champion created the “Fundação Edmílson” in 2006, in Taquaritinga, São Paulo.
The project seeks to contribute to the formation of a promising future for children and adolescents who are financially disadvantaged, promoting the development of citizenship and social inclusion.
In 2017, with the help of the Fujitsu club, from Japan, , based in , to be an arm of its foundation.
According to the former defender and midfielder, he “believes a lot in people” and this was one of the main reasons for creating the project.
In these 15 post-career years, I have shaped myself as a man. I believe a lot in people. There are still people who want to learn, want to be educated, really want to dream and I really believe in the strength of young people and everyday people, who don’t see what they want, but believe they will achieve it.
CNN Esportes S/A
With Edmílson, a former Brazilian national team player, the CNN Esportes S/A reaches its 137th edition. Presented by João Vitor Xavier, the program goes behind the scenes of a market that moves billions and is one of the most profitable in the world: sport.
On the agenda, the hottest topics in the football world industry, from the perspective of economics and business.
