Assessing the Quality of Iran Football Talent Development System

The aim of this study was to assess the quality of Iran football talent development system. The research method was descriptive and survey. The statistical population included coaches, players, players, university professors (active in football), pioneers, managers and football referees. The statistical sample consisted of 253 subjects who were selected by purposive and convenience sampling method. For data collection, talent development system evaluation questionnaire by Roger et al. (2010) was used. The reliability was obtained as 0.87 using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Its face validity was confirmed by sport management professors and construct validity was evaluated by factor analysis. To analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistics were used with SPSS22 and AMOS23 software. The findings showed that among the dimensions of football talent identification system, structure, process and outcomes had the most important roles respectively and all these three dimensions were far from the desired level. According to these results, it is suggested that managers and officials should consider goal setting, visions and plans to achieve goals in order to improve Iran football talent identification.