Hugo Scheckter

Founder @PlayerCareGroup. Player Welfare Lead @UEFA, @RangersFC. Trustee @FBeyondBorders. Ex @BrentfordFC, @WestHam, @SouthamptonFC & @IndyEleven. #gwu & OC

[The Player Care Group @PlayerCareGroup]

JOB ALERT: We're delighted to partner with Bristol City Football Club to highlight this First Team & Emerging Talent Player Care Manager Role (£35,000).

Full JD & Person Specification:

Deadline 12th November, but apply early. #PlayerCare

https://t.co/pEV8wZDcAa

[Rangers Football Club @RangersFC]

💙 Manager Derek McInnes and defender Olwethu Makhanya have been named @spfl Scottish Premiership Manager and Player of the Month for September.

👏 The double recognition reflects the collective efforts of the squad and staff, with the Gers winning all five fixtures in September, including four in the league.

[Hugo Scheckter @HugoScheckter]

@JoeNewton_7 @ground_guru You smashed it mate!

[Boston United @bostonunited]

Vacancy - media officer: Boston United are seeking to boost their social media output and online presence by recruiting a dedicated media officer.

https://t.co/2s2RxqSsFP

[Hugo Scheckter @HugoScheckter]

Come work with me!

[The Player Care Group @PlayerCareGroup]

We're hiring!

We're looking for a great paid, remote, part time intern to join our team - for more details and to apply, visit the Willo link below!

Please share this with anyone who may be interested.

Application link: https://t.co/4nJZ10GpqK

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

£144.9m. Cost of Brentford’s starting XI against Chelsea. Many reasons for Brentford’s success. Judicious recruitment, obviously. They're so good at finding value in the market place, seeing potential and developing it. Also: calm, strong leadership in the boardroom, dug-out and on the field.

Plus togetherness, fitness, preparation, effective game-plans, pace in transition, set-piece work, scouting of opposition, defensive determination, throwing themselves into blocks etc.

Plus succession planning. Thomas Frank leaves, they know to promote Keith Andrews. Players leave, they know their recruitment targets. They sign good characters as well as good players, including Schuster, Sangare, Anthony, all impressing this season. Plus a culture that helps new signings settle quickly. It helps there is little pressure on them. If needed, players given time and support to develop.

Brentford are a model club in many ways, a family club, community club and such a well-run club. A mix of humility, work ethic, analytics, vision – and fun. Serious professionals who really look they’re enjoying themselves. #bees 🐝

[Jeremy Docteur @BackoTheDoc]

A la découverte d'un métier pas forcément encore très connu en France : les "player care". En Premier League, les clubs misent à fond sur ces facilitateurs de l'ombre pour permettre aux joueurs d'être performants. Sujet dans @lemaglequipe et ici en ligne. https://t.co/BJj4rgnAvH

[Rangers Football Club @RangersFC]

Full-Time at Ibrox

💙 OLD FIRM VICTORY AT IBROX!

🏆 Into the @PremSportsTV Cup semi-finals!

Rangers 3 -0 Celtic | @PremSportsTV

[The Player Care Group @PlayerCareGroup]

In 2021, we had our first trial cohort of the 'Certificate in Player Care' with 6 trusting volunteers.

5 years later, the numbers are incredible!

Thank you to all those who have trusted us & become part of our community over the years - here's to many more!

[Hugo Scheckter @HugoScheckter]

I’m delighted to announce that I joined Glasgow Rangers FC a few months ago as a Football Operations Consultant, supporting the executive team with all aspects of Football Operations.

It’s been great working with the Player Care, Team Operations, Kit & Equipment and Football Admin staff day to day, as well as the wider club too across all of our squads and teams. I’ve had the opportunity to lead our preseason tour to Spain, which was a nice change of pace and allowed me to really get to know this great club.

I’ve really enjoyed working at this fantastic club over the past few months - the welcome has been incredible warm (though the weather hasn’t always been!).

I’ve had the privilege of working with a number of clubs around the world and there’s no place like Rangers!

@rangersfc #rangersfc

📷 by Kirk O’Rouke

[Shrewsbury Town FC @shrewsburytown]

A conversation tool developed by Shrewsbury Town's Natalie Wood is now being adopted more widely across the game 🗣️

The Conversation Circle encourages discussions between players & adults, helping staff better support their wellbeing 💙🧡

More info 👇

https://t.co/z7zXHvfiL8

[Hugo Scheckter @HugoScheckter]

It’s one of the honours of my life to have been asked to lead @UEFA's Player Welfare project on behalf of The Player Care Group.

We have been working since 2025 to help the 55 National Associations of UEFA to develop policies to better support their female players through several core pillars and will be rolling out how to guides, training and templates over the coming months & years.

A huge thank you to the entire Women’s Football department at UEFA for being so welcoming & engaging, particularly Colm Hickey & Claire Savin. I’m lucky to be supported by an expert group of our leading consultants from across the Women’s game to check, challenge & improve what we do – I’m loving the learning we’re doing every day on this project.

It was a privilege to be invited to Oslo for my first UEFA Women's Champions League final and I loved meeting so many passionate, engaging professionals from across the world in an information exchange topped off with an end-to-end game between FC Barcelona & OL Lyonnes. Congrats to FCB for the win!

This is just the start – there are a number of exciting announcements coming this summer – it’s such a pleasure to work with such a great group of confederations, leagues & clubs across the world who are passionate about creating the best conditions for their players! @PlayerCareGroup #playercare #playerwelfare #UEFA

[The Player Care Group @PlayerCareGroup]

JOB ALERT: The Player Care Group are supporting NUFC Women to find a Player Performance & Lifestyle Lead. This role will lead the design, coordination and delivery of a Performance Lifestyle and Player Liaison programme. Closes on Sun 17th - JD & apply:
https://t.co/d4L9R2FaJD

[The Player Care Group @PlayerCareGroup]

The Player Care Group was delighted to be invited to the @Bundesliga_EN first ever Player Care meeting in Dortmund last week – with Founder & MD @HugoScheckter presenting on Player Care in leagues worldwide as well as how to gain buy in with leadership to invest in #PlayerCare.

[The Player Care Group @PlayerCareGroup]

A look at #PlayerCare in Brazil's Série A from @globo - with 8 teams having a Player Care provision.

It's great to see this work ever expanding across continents and to read about the innovative work being done in different cultures around the world.

https://t.co/vB2WNbXvJv

[Hugo Scheckter @HugoScheckter]

@vince_bartram Not sure even you could have helped me Vince! All good here mate hope you are too!

[Hugo Scheckter @HugoScheckter]

My school football scouting report aged 11… Brutal

[Hugo Scheckter @HugoScheckter]

Of course, there's much more to it - and with @PlayerCareGroup we've designed 170+ objective Player Care standards for clubs of all sizes to be able to consider and improve themselves. These standards are peer reviewed by some of the best people working in Player Care around the world and appropriate for professional clubs across the world and can be used by clubs to understand what 'good' really looks like, what's reasonable for your club and how you can go about putting it in place.

[Hugo Scheckter @HugoScheckter]

Why should clubs bother with a dedicated Player Care provision?

I've been lucky enough to run a #PlayerCare provision at 3 different Premier League clubs and helped set up and/or upskill departments at top level clubs in Germany, Italy, England, the US, Mexico & many more - I'm going to explore today why this provision helps clubs to achieve their goals.

A number of owners/sporting directors I speak to aren't sure about putting in a Player Care resource - whether a single person or a department. They're worried that it will create dependant, lazy players who won't perform to their best. However I've found clubs that have invested in proactive, appropriate Player Care have found the following benefits:

1. Protecting Marginal Gains - We hear of clubs having incredible performance, data, nutrition and analysis teams but then you find out that the players are still in a hotel after a number of months, eating takeaway food and unable to understand the language at the club. Performance needs to be about the whole person, not just the time they're at the training ground or those marginal gains will be lost. (1/4)

[Hugo Scheckter @HugoScheckter]

3. Less distractions off the pitch means more focus on it - it's impossible to be at your best at work when things are difficult at home - and when you're in a foreign country, away from friends & family for support, in a different culture & language, every problem can feel that much more difficult to solve. Having a proactive Player Care department can not only help solve those problems, but help the families build that community locally so they can support themselves too.