Not all football team coaches played professionally, and now it's possible to make the leap from video games thanks to the experience gained in Football Manager. A young gamer of 23 years is a testament to this, as he became part of the coaching staff that achieved a football feat in the English league.
This Football Manager expert became a real coach and helped a team to promote
The English team Bromley Football Club made history recently by promoting, the first time this has happened in their 132-year history. This team ascended from the National League to the EFL League Two, a move from the fifth to the fourth division of football. But that's not all, as the celebrations are related to the world of video games thanks to Nathan Owolabi.
Earlier this year, gamer Nathan Owolabi was appointed Support Performance Tactician at Bromley Football Club through what he had learned playing Football Manager.
— ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) May 6, 2024
He helped the club secure promotion to the Football League on Sunday, the first time in their 132-year history 🏆 pic.twitter.com/fk9ijLaEiG
Nathan Owolabi is passionate about Football Manager, a Sports Interactive franchise published by SEGA that has garnered millions of players in recent years thanks to its realistic proposition of managing a football team. Last February, Football Manager and Xbox held a competition whose prize would place the winner as an option to join the coaching staff of Bromley F.C., as long as they could demonstrate that their video game knowledge could be translated onto the pitch.
Well, Nathan Owolabi was the winner, and this journey led him to interview with Bromley F.C.'s coach, Andy Woodman, who believed the 23-year-old had the talent and characteristics to join the coaching staff, so he was named assistant tactical performance, a position where he could unleash his strategic knowledge.
In the end, the second half of the English football season saw Bromley F.C.'s good results culminate in their first promotion in history, and an important part of this achievement has to do with a video gamer who fulfilled a dream.
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