Dear people of the cientific committee
In communicating in this way I am taking one of the most
exciting yet most important risks of my life.
I decided to do something different and at the same time let you know of my blog.
It started in 2008 as my
empirical way of understanding
the world through football. From the first entry my mirror and my board was the
beautiful green field you can see on the right. There I played in the middle, hopefully like Cruyyf. Later on I coached and did a master thinking about the importance
of the state of mind in sports and life. Psychology helped me realized it but
also tought me there is plenty more
to explore.
Five years later i am trembling with excitement typing this words about
life and football. My experience in applying for this job is something I will always remember. I had my yearly vacations these days and...
On my vacation's first or second day, a few days ago, I read about this incredible opportunity that seems tailored for me. A dream Job. An adventure through knowledge and the planet. I knew I had to
post something about it. A picture of hope in writing. I identify with the subject coming from a family of migrants, my player experienced, and having migrated myself in the past looking for better opportunities. Nonetheless I also see the
subject from the outside, and I observe many things. In 2009 I decided to come home and work in something that I love and is meaningful for society. Trough football I learend about sport for
development, and came accross knowing of this amazing field. The Global Sport project would help me take a huge step on my personal goals. I work for ¨Apuntate a jugar¨, a program that came out of a research on how play and
movement impact positively on child development.
This time is life again connected to football, ideals and
ideas, brilliant ones, would like to share and understand, even in other lands,
lower, higher, beautiful, modern, distant, differente lands.
My expertise is to live life as a game. Crazy looking
Einstein (whom my nephew Juan Simón on the
picture with the Ecuadorian and LDU jerseys reminds me,of ) put it in such
iluminating words: ¨Play is the highest form of research." I know a real motivation top play in life is knowledge, sharing, undertanding, enjoying, visiting places, emotions, people, the world in and around us.
As my country undergoes a knowledge revolution and develops
the first city of knowledge, Yachay http://www.yachay.ec/, our
government fully supports advance education and research, I envison myself
coming back after the PHD and contribute to the scholar conversation in
collaboration with Dutch and people from all over the world.
Me despido atentamente y con mucha esperanza,
Un abrazo de gol !!
knuffelen la goed !!
Andrés Illescas
