摘要：Believed to be relevant reflect about the professionals in charge of the planning and management of sports facilities tasks. Faced with a lack of knowledge relating to professional, this study aimed to understand the differences and similarities of the manager profile sports facilities operates in different sectors linked to the municipal level through the survey, identification and analysis of issues relating to personal and education characteristics. A questionnaire with 73 managers of sports facilities in the city of São Paulo was applied. Descriptive analysis of data relating to the profile and education was performed. The result indicated that this work is mostly from males has higher education in Physical Education, a position he holds called "coordinator of sports equipment", has up to 2 years of experience and came to office by appointment. It is hoped that this study contributes to the generation of knowledge about exercise of the function of sport facilities managers and in future studies about this occupation and other related topics.
