<![CDATA[The Overseas Athlete]]>The Overseas Athlete is the podcast for professional athletes navigating life and careers abroad.

We exist for the young player who just got their first overseas opportunity and has no idea what's actually coming. Not the sport. The foreign currency. The contract they can't read. The loneliness nobody warned them about. The coach who gets sacked in week two.

Every week we speak to active players, retired athletes who now work in the game, and specialists who help athletes manage their careers — so you get the full picture from people who've actually lived it.

Hosted by Chris Broadfoot. Ex-pro footballer (A-League, Gold Coast United) turned currency specialist for elite athletes. 11 years in athlete FX. $1B+ in transfers managed. Official partner to FIFPRO Asia/Oceania, PFA, RLPA.

New episodes every Sunday.

]]>www.theoverseasathlete.comRiverside.fm (https://riverside.com)Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:04:59 GMTSat, 25 Jul 2026 10:31:59 GMT60Chris Broadfoot<p>The Overseas Athlete is the podcast for professional athletes navigating life and careers abroad.<br /><br />We exist for the young player who just got their first overseas opportunity and has no idea what's actually coming. Not the sport. The foreign currency. The contract they can't read. The loneliness nobody warned them about. The coach who gets sacked in week two.<br /><br />Every week we speak to active players, retired athletes who now work in the game, and specialists who help athletes manage their careers — so you get the full picture from people who've actually lived it.<br /><br />Hosted by Chris Broadfoot. Ex-pro footballer (A-League, Gold Coast United) turned currency specialist for elite athletes. 11 years in athlete FX. $1B+ in transfers managed. Official partner to FIFPRO Asia/Oceania, PFA, RLPA. <br /><br />New episodes every Sunday.</p>episodicChris Broadfootchris@sportsfx.cono<![CDATA[What Nobody Tells You About Going Pro Overseas, From a Man Who Owns the Club.]]>Guiuseppe Funicello: The Honest Version of the Overseas Football Dream, From the Owner's Chair.

Guiuseppe Funicello, who goes by Joe, will not sell you the dream. He owns the club, and he has seen the maths.

Joe played non-league football in England at 19 and reached the Finnish top flight, then spent 13 years building Soccer Viza, placing players into clubs across Romania, Costa Rica and beyond.

He has owned clubs on two continents. From that seat he explains what young players never see. That going pro is a three-to-five-year grind. That the club housing you and paying you 500 euros a month is funding your entire career and rarely makes it back. That knowing your worth is a skill almost nobody learns. And that real networking is relationship-building, not asking strangers for a trial.

If you are weighing a move abroad, this is the conversation that saves you years.

]]>0029791c-26c6-468d-a752-1e4fbe0aaf19Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:40:52 GMT<p><b>Guiuseppe Funicello: The Honest Version of the Overseas Football Dream, From the Owner's Chair.</b><br /></p><p>Guiuseppe Funicello, who goes by Joe, will not sell you the dream. He owns the club, and he has seen the maths.<br /></p><p>Joe played non-league football in England at 19 and reached the Finnish top flight, then spent 13 years building Soccer Viza, placing players into clubs across Romania, Costa Rica and beyond. <br /><br />He has owned clubs on two continents. From that seat he explains what young players never see. That going pro is a three-to-five-year grind. That the club housing you and paying you 500 euros a month is funding your entire career and rarely makes it back. That knowing your worth is a skill almost nobody learns. And that real networking is relationship-building, not asking strangers for a trial.<br /></p><p>If you are weighing a move abroad, this is the conversation that saves you years.</p>no00:55:3524What Nobody Tells You About Going Pro Overseas, From a Man Who Owns the Club.full