Impacto do término de carreira esportiva na situação econômica e profissional de jogadores de futebol profi ssional / Impact of sports career termination on the professional and economic situation of soccer players

RESUMO

O presente estudo teve como objetivo pesquisar o impacto do término de carreira em jogadores brasileiros de futebol profi ssional, as conseqüências econômicas e profi ssionais. Para tanto, foram avaliados 57 ex-jogadores de alto nível, do sexo masculino, com média de idade de 50,86 ± 8,45 anos. Utilizou-se uma entrevista semi-estruturada, e os dados foram analisados pela freqüência de ocorrência de respostas para cada item da entrevista. Observou-se que, para 59,6% a situação econômica piorou depois da aposentadoria no esporte e 42,1% receberam ajuda fi nanceira dos familiares. Verifi cou-se também que 87,7% já obtiveram sucesso na nova profi ssão escolhida e 93% estão satisfeitos com a nova carreira. Concluímos que são raros os ex-atletas que receberam ajuda dos clubes ou associações esportivas. Desta forma, este auxílio foi oferecido pelos próprios familiares. Entretanto, muitos tentaram se engajar em uma nova carreira e já conseguiram ter sucesso no novo estilo de vida.

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to examine the impact of career termination on brazilian soccer players, as well as its professional and fi nancial consequences. Therefore, 57 elite male former athletes were assessed, with mean age of 50.86 ± 8.45 years old. A semi-structured interview frame was used and the data were analyzed according to the answers frequency of occurrence for each item of the interview. It was observed that, as far as for economic situation is concerned, for 59.6% of former athletes, the fi nancial status got worse after career termination and for 42.1% of them, fi nancial help came from relatives. However, 87.7% of them became successful in their new career while 93% are satisfi ed with their new choice. We can conclude that very few of these former athetes were iffectively helped by clubs or former athetes associations. Therefore, their support really came from their own family. Even though, a lot of them have tried other careers and have succeeded in their new life styles.