The types of sports jobs that can be found around the world are as diverse as the types of games being played. Every sport in the world needs players, coaches, training staff, strategists, and numerous managers to continue functioning and maintaining popularity, but teams also need individuals with specific skills, such as marketing, to truly be successful both nationally and internationally. The following are five of the most common types of sports jobs abroad:

Marketing & Public Relations. For sports leagues anywhere to be successful, fans need to come to the games, and that’s where the invaluable skills of a marketing or PR professional can be applied to the sports world. A thorough understanding of the local culture and the interests and needs of fans is needed to be successful in this type of sports job abroad.

Sports Management. The athletes play their game and the management takes care of pretty much everything else. Sports teams everywhere need trained managers to deal with employees and organizational concerns. Sports venues also need their own type of managers, dealing with issues ranging from ticket sales to stadium upkeep to concessions and souvenirs.

Coaching & Instruction. The saying goes, “Those who can’t do, teach.” So if you have accepted that you’ll never be a world class athlete yourself, you can always find work abroad training the next generation of athletes in your sport, or even coaching individuals with less grandiose aspirations. Coaches are expected to know their particular sport inside and out, however, to be able to convey their knowledge to athletes ranging from children to full-grown adults. While professional coaching positions are few and far between, youth sports everywhere are in constant need of knowledgeable coaches for anything from recreational teams to sports camps to one-on-one lessons.

Athletic Training. An athlete’s purpose is to compete at the best of their ability, but that would not be possible without a team of athletic training staff to help them along the way, both preventing and treating minor to major injuries. Athletic training is perhaps one of the more intriguing and easy to adapt to international sports jobs, as the subject matter, the human body, doesn’t change much regardless of the location on Earth. Sports jobs abroad focused on athletic training can often mean extended periods of travel, since athletic trainers often travel along with their teams, which can make for an even more rewarding experience.

Media & Journalism. With the rise of communication technologies, like the internet and satellite television, sports have become something that people on opposite sides of the planet can enjoy simultaneously and with the same level of loyalty. Along with growing interest in foreign sports comes the need for media and journalism professionals to bring coverage of those sports to interested audiences across the world. A mastery of the local languages is a must for anyone wishing to work in sports broadcasting or become a copywriter for the sports section of the local newspaper, but it is also possible to find sports journalism jobs in media companies that focus on distributing sports news via the English language too.