{"id":43384,"date":"2019-05-21T15:36:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T13:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cruyffalumni.org\/johancruyffinstitute-2026\/club-natacio-granollers-and-johan-cruyff-institute-together-for-academic-training\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T00:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:46:03","slug":"club-natacio-granollers-and-johan-cruyff-institute-together-for-academic-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/the-magazine\/latest-news\/club-natacio-granollers-and-johan-cruyff-institute-together-for-academic-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Club Nataci\u00f3 Granollers and Johan Cruyff Institute together for academic training"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The <a href=\"https:\/\/cngranollers.org\/\">Club Nataci\u00f3 Granollers<\/a> swimming club supports the academic training of its members, athletes and staff through an academic collaboration agreement with the <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/about-us\/\">Johan Cruyff Institute<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"thevelop-dropcap\"> The academic collaboration agreement signed by the two entities includes special benefits for members of <a href=\"https:\/\/cngranollers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Club Nataci\u00f3 Granollers<\/a> who wish to study the <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/academic-programs\/\">academic programs<\/a> in <a href=\"\/?cat_ID=23\">sport management<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/sport-marketing-and-sponsorship\/\">sport marketing and sponsorship<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/about-us\/\">Johan Cruyff Institute<\/a> to continue developing their professional training in the field of sport. At the same time, it offers the possibility of internships for students, presentations given by the club to share best practices, and the organization of joint projects.<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong>Eduard Escandell<\/strong>, president of <a href=\"https:\/\/cngranollers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Club Nataci\u00f3 Granollers<\/a>, &#8220;continuing with our firm commitment to the academic training of our athletes and workers, we are happy to be able to sign an agreement with the <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/about-us\/\">Johan Cruyff Institute<\/a>, a renowned center whose values we share, which will allow us to offer quality academic training, not only to our athletes and workers, but we are going a step further, and also making it available to our members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The relationship between <a href=\"https:\/\/cngranollers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Club Nataci\u00f3 Granollers<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/about-us\/\">Johan Cruyff Institute<\/a> has already been established thanks to the alumni of the <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/programa\/master-in-sport-management-blended-barcelona\/\">Master in Sport Management<\/a>, <strong>Jordi Mas<\/strong>, the club\u2019s current executive director, and <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/latest-news\/experience-the-best-learning-tool\/\"><strong>Merc\u00e8 Humedas<\/strong><\/a> who has been head of marketing and sponsorship at the club for a year. The <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/about-us\/\">Johan Cruyff Institute<\/a> is committed to training professional leaders in <a href=\"\/?cat_ID=23\">sport management<\/a> who, like <strong>Mas<\/strong> and <strong>Humedas<\/strong>, can take the knowledge acquired in the classroom to sports entities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cngranollers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Club Nataci\u00f3 Granollers<\/a> was founded more than 50 years ago by <strong>Josep Bernaus<\/strong>, as a club specialized in swimming. Today, it has five heated swimming pools, indoor and outdoor, where it organizes swimming training and competitions, water polo and synchronized swimming, in addition to having one of the top gymnastics halls in the province, where the gymnasts of the only non-aquatic sports section of the club carry out their activity. The different sports sections have produced champions of different state and international competitions, who train alongside the club members, who can also enjoy the facilities of the entity, which include a fully-equipped fitness room and a full range of directed activities, as well as spa area and paddle tennis court.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24060\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24060\" class=\"wp-image-24060 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9117.webp\" alt=\"Club Nataci\u00f3 Granollers and Johan Cruyff Institute together for academic training\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-24060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Press conference at the CN Granollers facilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24061\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24061\" class=\"wp-image-24061 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_9146.webp\" alt=\"Club Nataci\u00f3 Granollers and Johan Cruyff Institute together for academic training\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-24061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mari\u00ebl Koerhuis (Johan Cruyff Institute General Manager), Eduard Escandell (CN Granollers President) y Xavier Cuevas (CN Granollers Treasurer).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class='programa-destacado-post'>\n<h3 class=\"especiality-mini-title\">EDUCATION IN<\/h3>\n<h2 class=\"programa-maxi-title\">Sport Management<\/h2>\n<div class=\"thevelop-posts\">\n<article>\n<p>The sport industry has had a growing impact on the global economy over the last 20 years with investment in public infrastructure, mobilizing resources and creating new professions and jobs. Today it is one of the professional sectors with the most economic momentum, creating opportunities for many people who aspire to a future in the world of sports. Sports Management is a field of education concerning the business aspects of sports.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-in-post\" title=\"EDUCATION IN Sport Management\" href=\"\/?cat_ID=23\" rel=\"bookmark\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>Learn more!<\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Club Nataci\u00f3 Granollers swimming club supports the academic training of its members, athletes and staff through an academic collaboration agreement with the Johan Cruyff Institute According to Eduard Escandell, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[619],"editorial_type":[400],"class_list":["post-43384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-corporate-partners"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62818,"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43384\/revisions\/62818"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43384"},{"taxonomy":"editorial_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/editorial_type?post=43384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}