Strategic advisory for the people who run football.
Independent counsel for club owners, CEOs and sporting directors, and for talents and elite players facing the decisions that shape a career and what follows it.
Two kinds of mandate, one standard.
Clubs and organisations
Strategic advice on how a football organisation is led and developed: from long-term direction and football identity to the structures and frameworks that turn it into consistent decisions and sustainable growth.
- Transformation
- Operating models
- Decision frameworks and governance
- Performance management
- Growth
Athletes and personalities
Independent guidance on the decisions that shape a career: how to develop, which step comes next, and how to prepare for life after playing.
- Development
- Career strategy
- Post-career transition
- Positioning and network
Independent counsel, personally led.
Advice is only worth having when it carries no stake in the outcome.
Free of transfer interests
Vagias Advisory is not a player intermediary. The only interest is the quality of the decision.
Few mandates at a time
Every engagement is led by the founder personally, with direct access throughout.
Discretion as a default
Clients and engagements are not published. Introductions happen personally.
Decisions, not reports
Analysis is built around the decision in front of you and ends in a clear recommendation.
- Player
- Senior leadership rolesGlobal companies
- FounderOwn companies
- Football advisorySince 2015, alongside senior leadership roles
Former player, senior executive and entrepreneur. Since 2015, an advisor to the people who own and run football clubs.
Janis Vagias played the game before building a career in senior leadership roles with multinational companies and founding businesses of his own.
He works with club owners, chief executives and senior decision-makers across European football, including at major clubs. His work sits close to ownership, where the structure, people and direction of a football organisation are decided.
Conversations begin by introduction or by email.
Initial discussions are confidential and without obligation.
janis@vagiasadvisory.chor connect on LinkedIn