Head of Football Operations at Blackburn Rovers - Rudy Gestede #62

Head of Football Operations at Blackburn Rovers - Rudy Gestede #62 Rudy Gestede played over 350 times as a professional player but has now transitioned to a different type of role. Rudy is currently Head of Football Operations at Blackburn Rovers and was kind enough to join me and discuss all things player transfers, budgets, and what goes on off the pitch. Thanks for watching, and please subscribe if you haven't already! Other relevant episodes Sean Kimberley (ex Head of recruitment): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J872WZs1i5s&t=1s Mark Cartwright (Sporting Director): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCb8L9vRxbw Andy Belk (Head of recruitment): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n70NzZxzyU 0:00 - Introduction 1:55 - Rudy joins and gives background 4:48 - Retiring from playing, the transition 9:20 - Rudy describes his role of head of football operations 15:15 - How Rudy got the job, learning 20:34 - An average week for Rudy 22:44 - Transfer windows and relationship with CEO 27:32 - The process of a transfer 31:56 - Agents 34:39 - Shortlisted players, deciding on players 36:19 - Scouting from around the World, Yuki Ohashi 41:06 - Budgets, managing salaries, costs 43:43 - Using the loan system 47:50 - Data in football, important to Rudy? 49:22 - Long term planning, pressure, what is success?54:22 - Message to Blackburn fans #sportingdirector #blackburnrovers #blackburn #rovers #eflchampionship #eflchampionship ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ USEFUL LINKS 💻 Video Analysis Software (Tag your videos, add drawings, create playlists) - https://www.in-playsports.com/software/individuals 🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Use code Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with DataCamp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA FREE RESOURCES 📋 CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download MY OTHER SOCIALS 🌍 My Website – https://www.chris-gill.com 🆇 X/Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/chrisgill_UK 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk