An holistic evaluation of talent development within football

Abstract

This research focuses on the development, problems, and overall evaluation of the talent development stage of Azerbaijani football. It covers the areas such as infrastructure, accessibility, mental and physical preparation of the athletes, the experience of the coaches, the environment around the football, traditions, and expertise of the clubs, and the other countries that are successful in talent development. The study focuses on mainly finding problems in Azerbaijani football and using primary and most secondary data to find the way to implement and battle the difficulties of developing elite-level football players that can be able to shine on the European football stage. The expertise of the clubs from countries such as Brazil, the Netherlands, and Spain will be used to gain the knowledge to understand the requirement to develop a great environment for talent development in order to raise elite-level football players.