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Professional Footballer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what professional footballers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most professional footballers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Professional footballer with experience competing at national league level, combining daily technical and tactical training with matchday performance. Skilled in GPS load monitoring, video analysis and injury prevention, with a strong record of maintaining availability across a season. Comfortable balancing media, community and sponsorship commitments alongside elite competition.
Key skills
- Tactical awareness and opposition analysis
- Injury prevention and rehabilitation
- Matchday performance under pressure
- Media and community engagement
- GPS load monitoring and reporting
- Hudl Sportscode video analysis
- Vald ForceDecks force plate testing
- TeamBuildr strength and conditioning programming
- Time and deadline management
- People leadership
- Safety and compliance awareness
- Physical stamina and dexterity
Experience: example bullet points
- Completed daily training sessions focused on technical skills, tactical shape and physical conditioning, maintaining availability for selection across a full season.
- Analysed opposition footage using Hudl Sportscode to inform weekly tactical plans, contributing to team preparation for each fixture.
- Reduced soft tissue injury recurrence by following individual prevention programs and reporting daily GPS load data through Catapult.
- Represented the club at community events and media appearances, supporting sponsorship and fan engagement activities.
- Maintained full availability across a 20-match season, contributing goals and assists in the front third.
- Worked with medical staff to cut rehabilitation time from six weeks to four following a hamstring strain.
Education
Year 12 or equivalent, usually alongside elite junior development through a state institute of sport or national league academy.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- A-League
- Football Australia
- National Premier Leagues
- FFA Cup
- Socceroos
- Matildas
- A-League Women
- Professional Footballers Australia
- Catapult GPS
- Hudl Sportscode
- Vald ForceDecks
- TeamBuildr
- AFC Champions League
- FIFA
- Working with Children Check
- Sports Medicine Australia
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.