One of Australia's leading football agencies, The Pitch Management offers the best management to our talent for today, tomorrow, and the future.

The Pitch Management

The centre-piece of The Pitch Management is its management of the careers of footballers, both domestically and internationally.

Our athletes are serviced by a full-time football management staff as well as having access to our global partners all over the world, with a specific knowledge and focus on the evolving requirements of a football player throughout his career.

We also enable our clients to maximise their off-field benefit by introducing them to partners who see the benefit of associating themselves with the world game, Socceroos and A-League stars.

Examples of clients to have benefitted from our services include Socceroos Curtis Good, Craig Goodwin, Luke Brattan, Oliver Bozanic, Ivan Franjic, Robert Cornthwaite, Alex Wilkinson, A-League imports Marcos Flores, Gui Finkler & Kim Jae-Sung, in addition the next generation of exciting up and coming talents such as Ben Garuccio, Jordan O’Doherty, Lachlan Brook & Dylan Pierias.

The Pitch Management

Zeljko Susa

Registered Intermediary (Agent)

A former professional footballer himself, Zeljko has a player's perceptive on athlete management, having first hand experience of the difficulties faced by professional athletes. A former Australian Under 23 international, his playing career saw him play not only in the National Soccer League (NSL), but also overseas in Spain and Croatia before a serious knee injury prematurely ended his career. Since retiring, Zeljko has completed a Bachelor of Commerce Degree, majoring in Sports Management and Marketing. He continued his involvement in football, working for the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) as a Player's Relations Officer. Zeljko is well-experienced.

Player Management

Player Welfare

The Pitch Management recognises it's position as the link between the player and his club and maintains positive working relationships with all clubs. Players often require the objective advice of someone outside the club for many football and lifestyle decisions.

Contract Negotiation

Our extensive experience gives The Pitch Management a superior knowledge of the football market. Our process with contract negotiations is to involve all our expertise to find the best structured contract to suit that player, in terms of length, remuneration and any other clauses which may be applicable.

Financial Management

Our philosophy is that players need to learn to become competent in understanding their finances from the beginning. Basic budgeting and financial education is a key discussion point, along with assisting players to find the specialist accounting and tax advice.

Marketing & Media

Globally, football is established as the world's most popular team sport.
Football in Australia is an increasingly popular spectator sport in Australia, hence marketing and media opportunities for players are increasingly available.

The Pitch Management

Contact Us

To discuss management needs and talent requests, please contact Zeljko using the details below:

Zeljko Susa
Registered Intermediary (Agent)

M: +61 (0)412 632 553
E: zsusa@thepitchmanagement.com.au

Office:
35 Albert Street Port Melbourne
VIC 3207 Australia