Manager

In association football, a manager is an occupation of head coach in the United Kingdom responsible for running a football club or a national team. Outside of the British Isles and across most of Europe, a title of head coach or coach is predominant.

The manager of a professional club is responsible to the club chairman.

Responsibilities
The manager's responsibilities in a professional football club usually include (but are not limited to) the following:
 * Selecting the team of players for matches, and their formation.
 * Planning the strategy, and instructing the players on the pitch.
 * Motivating players before and during a match.
 * Delegating duties to the first team coach and the coaching and medical staff.
 * Scouting for young but talented players for eventual training in the youth academy or the reserves, and encouraging their development and improvement.
 * Buying and selling players in the transfer market, including loans.
 * Facing the media in pre-match and post-match interviews.

Some of the above responsibilities are shared with the director of football or sporting director, and are at times delegated to an assistant manager or club coach.