A cikin Emirates Stadium na Arsenal, wasu 'yan wasa da tsoffin 'yan wasa sun maye kayan wasansu da tufafin kammala karatu — suna bikin nasarar ilimi a bikin kammala karatun PFA Business School na 2026.

Daga cikin waɗanda suka kammala karatu akwai dan wasan tsakiya na Everton Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall da dan wasan gaba na Coventry City Taiwo Awoniyi, waɗanda kowanne ya kammala difloma na digiri ta biyu a fannin gudanarwar wasanni ta ƙasa da ƙasa yayin da suke ci gaba da buga ƙwallon ƙafa.

Karatu a safe na rana karawar Gasar Zakarun Turai

Tsohon kyaftin ɗin Chelsea Cesar Azpilicueta ya yi magana ga ƙungiyar, yana bayyana yadda ya ɓata wani ɓangare na safe kafin karawar UEFA Champions League ta 2021 tare da karatunsa — dabi'a da ta taimaka masa a nutsar da tunaninsa kafin ya jagoranci Chelsea zuwa nasara da Manchester City da ci 1-0 a Porto.

"Yawanci ina barci a rana bayan cin abincin rana idan wasan ya kasance daga baya a rana, amma a wannan rana ba zai yiwu ba," in ji Azpilicueta ga BBC Sport. "Karatuna kuma ya taimake ni in mai da hankali kuma in inganta kaina a wajen filin wasa."

Azpilicueta, wanda ya yi ritaya a ƙarshen kakar da ta gabata bayan lokuta a Atletico Madrid da Sevilla, ya riga ya sami MBA daga Jami'ar Harvard a lokacin shekararsa tara a Chelsea — wani abu da ya fara bayan ya zama ɗan wasa ƙwararren tare da Osasuna, ƙungiyar garinsa, yana da shekara 17. Ya ce ba zai yi gaggawa a zaɓar matsayinsa na gaba ba amma yana da tabbaci: "Ba yana nufin shirya don rayuwa bayan ƙwallon ƙafa kaɗai ba. Yana kuma nufin zama sigar kai mafi kyau a sana'arka ta ƙwallon ƙafa."

Dewsbury-Hall: kullum yana koyo

Dewsbury-Hall, 28, ya hau jirgin ƙasa daga Merseyside zuwa London don halarta bikin. Tsohon dan wasan tsakiya na Leicester City da Chelsea, yanzu yana cikin yanayi mai kyau a Everton, ya ce takaddama ita ce ci gaba na halitta na son ci gaba da haɓaka kansa.

"Ina fata na har yanzu ina da dogon lokaci a ƙwallon ƙafa. Amma a matsayina na mutum, kullum ina ƙoƙarin koyo da haɓaka nisa da fagen wasa," in ji shi ga BBC Sport. "Idan lokaci ya zo wata dama ta gabato, sa'awa ina da wani abu da zai taimake ni."

Ya yarda ya sami "kallon mamaki" yayin da yake karatu a kan iPad a tafiye-tafiye na dawowa gida daga wasannin waje — amma ba ya yin nadamar haka. "Za ka yi mamaki da yawan mutanen da suke da hankali a ƙwallon ƙafa," ya ƙara da cewa. "Wane ne ya san inda zai kai?"

Alƙawarin Awoniyi ga mahaifinsa

Awoniyi, 29, ya shiga Coventry City daga Nottingham Forest a wannan bazara kuma yana ci gaba da wakiltar Nigeria yayin da suke neman cancantar shiga gasar African Cup of Nations ta 2027. Difloman ita ce takaddamarsa ta uku ta ilimi, bayan digiri a gudanarwar kasuwanci da difloma ta farko.

Mahaifinsa, Solomon, an san shi da tsauraran ƙa'idodin da ya sanya kan ilimi — ƙa'idodi da kusan sun sauya Awoniyi da gaba ɗaya daga ƙwallon ƙafa. Dan wasan gaba da aka haife shi a Ilorin ya ci gaba ta Imperial Soccer Academy da Liverpool kafin ya sami sunansa a Jamus tare da Union Berlin.

"Kullum ina ji ilimi yana da muhimmanci. Alƙawari ne da na yi wa babana cewa idan na buga ƙwallon ƙafa, zan ci gaba da karatu," in ji Awoniyi. "Haka na yi kuma ina alfahari da shi."

Ya yi magana watanni bayan wata raunin da ya dame shi a watan Mayun 2025, lokacin da karo da ginshiƙin raga a wasan Nottingham Forest da Leicester City ya sa hanji ya tsage, wanda ya sa aka shigar da shi cikin mamakin likita. Wannan kwarewar ta ƙarfafa imananshi cewa akwai ƙari a rayuwa fiye da ƙwallon ƙafa.

"Akwai abubuwa da yawa mafi girma da ƙwallon ƙafa," in ji shi. "Eh, ƙwallon ƙafa sha'awarmu ce, amma mu ma mutane ne na yau da kullum kuma watakila wannan shi ne wani abu da duniya ba ta koyaushe gani."

Kwas ɗin da aka ƙera a kan kalandar ƙwallon ƙafa

Shirin PFA Business School an tsara shi don gudana tare da aikin ƙwararru, tare da tarurrukan da aka shirya don gujewa karo da wasanni da horo. Zaman baƙi tare da manyan mutane na masana'antar — da suka haɗa da Babban Daraktan Gudanarwa na Brighton Paul Barber — suna ba ɗalibai fahimtar yadda sassan kasuwancin ƙwallon ƙafa ke aiki.

Mai tsaron gida na Wycombe Wanderers Steve Cook, tsohon kyaftin ɗin Bournemouth a Premier League, ya kuma kammala karatu, ya dawo ga karatun hukuma a karon farko tun lokacin makarantar firamare yayin da ya kusanci ƙarshen aikinsa.

Rukunin bana na iya ƙunsar makocin nan gaba, 'yan gudanarwa, da daraktocin wasanni waɗanda za su canza wasan ta hanyoyi daban-daban.