Merijn Zeeman: Outsmarting the opposition at AZ Alkmaar

About this episode

Merijn Zeeman discusses his role as General Manager of AZ Alkmaar and strategies to compete against larger teams in the Eredivisie.

Our guest on Episode #75 of the TGG Podcast, in association with Teamworks, is Merijn Zeeman. Merijn is the General Manager of AZ Alkmaar - a team that regularly compete at the top of the Eredivisie, despite having a budget that’s dwarfed by their bigger rivals.

People in this episode

Guest: Merijn Zeeman

Topics covered

• Eredivisie
• AZ Alkmaar
• football management
• sports strategy

Keywords

• football
• team management
• budgeting
• competition

Sponsors

Teamworks

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