Payame Noor University Applied Research of Sport Management 2345-5551 13 4 2025 03 21 Identifying Challenges and Influential Factors in Talent Management at Futsal Academies in Iran Identifying Challenges and Influential Factors in Talent Management at Futsal Academies in Iran 189 208 11993 10.30473/arsm.2025.69432.3816 FA Ali Mahmoudi M.A. Deprtemant of Sport Management, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran. Abbas Nazarian Madavani Associate Professor, Deprtemant of Sport Management, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran. Masoomeh Shahbazi Assistant Professor, Deprtemant of Sport Management, Shahid Rajaee teacher training University, Tehran, Iran. Journal Article 2023 12 14 This research aims to identify challenges and influential factors in talent management in Iranian futsal academies. The study adopts a postmodern paradigm, and its nature is exploratory and developmental with a qualitative approach. Participants included sports management experts, informed stakeholders, national team coaches, and Iran's futsal premier league coaches. Data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured interviews. After data analysis, 33 initial statements were categorized into four dimensions of talent management challenges: technical and specialized weaknesses, managerial weaknesses, human resource weaknesses, and structural weaknesses. Additionally, 10 main themes and 26 concepts emerged from the initial coding, representing influential factors in talent management in football academies. These factors encompass political factors, individual skills, social factors, educational and research factors, structural factors, motivational factors, economic and financial factors, technical and specialized factors, managerial factors, and organizational factors. The support of the Football Federation and the Ministry of Sports and Education in developing specialized human resources and creating suitable conditions for talent development in futsal can have a significant impact on talent management. This research aims to identify challenges and influential factors in talent management in Iranian futsal academies. The study adopts a postmodern paradigm, and its nature is exploratory and developmental with a qualitative approach. Participants included sports management experts, informed stakeholders, national team coaches, and Iran's futsal premier league coaches. Data were collected through in-depth and semi-structured interviews. After data analysis, 33 initial statements were categorized into four dimensions of talent management challenges: technical and specialized weaknesses, managerial weaknesses, human resource weaknesses, and structural weaknesses. Additionally, 10 main themes and 26 concepts emerged from the initial coding, representing influential factors in talent management in football academies. These factors encompass political factors, individual skills, social factors, educational and research factors, structural factors, motivational factors, economic and financial factors, technical and specialized factors, managerial factors, and organizational factors. The support of the Football Federation and the Ministry of Sports and Education in developing specialized human resources and creating suitable conditions for talent development in futsal can have a significant impact on talent management. https://arsmb.journals.pnu.ac.ir/article_11993_5ac7b283885578781ef1bb3940e01fe8.pdf