Interview given by Carlos Bessa to Golo FM, hosted by Sandro Veloso – a true football enthusiast and Football Manager – covering all sorts of topics over an hour-long conversation.
It was an extremely relaxed conversation that started with an explanation of how the database is organised in Portugal and ended on the vintage figure from CM 01/02 and world football star: Tó Madeira.
If you're curious to find out more about how this monstrous database is built and planned, don't miss this opportunity!
So you can jump to the 'moment' that best suits your curiosity, check the list below of the questions we were asked:
Main responsibilities of a coordinator;
The most intense periods of work;
Different transfer window closing dates: does it hurt the database build?
How to join the research team and the biggest difficulties we've faced;
Research Assistants who went on to become professionals;
Players who've been signed with a fair share of the 'blame' resting on Football Manager;
Approaches we get from agents or clubs;
Assistants who've been with us the longest and managed to land a role in 'real world' football;
The Football Manager through the Research Coordinator's eyes;
The possibility of a new 'Tó Madeira' emerging;
News about Football Manager 2019;
Why we created our website and Facebook page, and what's coming next;
Real contact from professional players with the research team;
Finally, our sincerest thanks to Golo FM (the go-to radio station for all football lovers!) for wanting to let everyone interested in Football Manager know what goes on off the pitch and to Sandro Veloso for how brilliantly he hosted this whole interview.
Wishing them every continued success!
