{"id":43465,"date":"2019-10-09T11:55:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T09:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cruyffalumni.org\/johancruyffinstitute-2026\/academic-training-in-the-ecuadorian-football\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T00:45:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:45:58","slug":"academic-training-in-the-ecuadorian-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/the-magazine\/latest-news\/academic-training-in-the-ecuadorian-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Johan Cruyff Institute and LigaPro promote academic training in the Ecuadorian football industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/about-us\/\">Johan Cruyff Institute<\/a> and LigaPro sign a collaboration agreement with the aim of promoting academic training in the Ecuadorian football industry<\/h2>\n<p class=\"thevelop-dropcap\"><strong>LigaPro<\/strong> is counting on the educational experience of <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/about-us\/\"><strong>Johan Cruyff Institute<\/strong><\/a> to promote, through its organization, academic training in the Ecuadorian football industry. The two entities have signed a collaboration agreement that will give all staff members, coaches and affiliated athletes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ligapro.ec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LigaPro<\/strong><\/a> the opportunity to obtain interesting discounts on <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/about-us\/\"><strong>Johan Cruyff Institute<\/strong><\/a> education programs in <a href=\"\/?cat_ID=23\"><strong>sport management<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/sport-marketing-and-sponsorship\/\"><strong>sport marketing and sponsorship<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"\/?cat_ID=86\"><strong>football business<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/coaching-2\/\"><strong>coaching<\/strong><\/a>. <strong>Cristina Pal\u00e9s<\/strong>, marketing manager of <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/about-us\/\"><strong>Johan Cruyff Institute<\/strong>,<\/a> and <strong>Miguel \u00c1ngel Loor<\/strong>, president of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ligapro.ec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LigaPro<\/strong><\/a>, signed the agreement in September in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSigning this collaboration agreement with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ligapro.ec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LigaPro<\/strong><\/a> sports association represents a unique opportunity for <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/about-us\/\"><strong>Johan Cruyff Institute<\/strong><\/a> to contribute to the development of the Ecuadorian football industry. We welcome the commitment that this means and we are convinced that it will produce a very positive and promising synergy,\u201d says <strong>Cristina Pal\u00e9s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Since its inception in 2018, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ligapro.ec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Professional Football League of Ecuador<\/strong><\/a> has been a sports association composed of the 26 professional football clubs that participate in the Serie A and B divisions of the Ecuadorian league. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ligapro.ec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>LigaPro<\/strong><\/a> is responsible for organizing and managing Ecuadorian tournaments and championships, while defending the interests of its members and controlling commercial rights, discipline, stadiums, appeals tribunals and security.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25186\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25186\" class=\"wp-image-25186 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/convenio-ligapro-firma.webp\" alt=\"Johan Cruyff Institute and LigaPro promote academic training in the Ecuadorian football industry.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-25186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Miguel \u00c1ngel Loor and Cristina Pal\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The president of the association, <strong>Miguel \u00c1ngel Loor<\/strong>, expresses his satisfaction with the agreement: &#8220;For us, it is an honor to have signed an agreement with <a href=\"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/about-us\/\"><strong>Johan Cruyff Institute<\/strong><\/a>, such an important sports management organization. The idea is that all the clubs and managers of the league benefit from this agreement, get education and, at the end of the day, a lot people join this project.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class='programa-destacado-post'>\n<h3 class=\"especiality-mini-title\">INFORMATION ON<\/h3>\n<h2 class=\"programa-maxi-title\">Football Business Programs<\/h2>\n<div class=\"thevelop-posts\">\n<article>\n<p>Football is undoubtedly the most powerful and most popular sport in the world, linking communities, stirring emotions and breaking down cultural barriers. Football has also become one of the most profitable industries, with a significant economic impact in infrastructure development, sponsorships, TV rights and transfers of players.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button-in-post\" title=\"INFORMATION ON Football Business Programs\" href=\"\/?cat_ID=86\" rel=\"bookmark\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>Check it out!<\/a><\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johan Cruyff Institute and LigaPro sign a collaboration agreement with the aim of promoting academic training in the Ecuadorian football industry \u201cSigning this collaboration agreement with the LigaPro sports association [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":63906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[230,228],"tags":[619],"editorial_type":[400],"class_list":["post-43465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-blog-en","tag-corporate-partners"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43465","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=43465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62827,"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43465\/revisions\/62827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43465"},{"taxonomy":"editorial_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johancruyffinstitute.cruyffalumni.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/editorial_type?post=43465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}