ABOUT US.
Our client’s best interest is always at the heart of all the decisions we make and we ensure that we don't make those decisions alone. We aim to keep full transparency with our clients and their families, when it comes to their affairs, to be certain that we are taking the right steps forward together.
With the Founder and Chief Executive Officer coming from a background where his family members, friends, and acquaintances are very much a part of the sports industry, Closeview has a full understanding of the importance of a family-oriented network and respecting the realms of what that entails.
It is very often that the network behind athletes and the support given to them is overlooked once a management company enters the picture, whether that is friends, family, or guardians. We believe that support must be ongoing and intend to provide an extra pillar to the existing unit for the long term.
Our mission is to inspire and guide all of our clients to achieve greatness. With this as our main focus, it motivates us to encourage our clients to reach their full potential, on pitch and off pitch.
We specialize in the development and shaping of our client’s careers, also aiming to educate and evolve the person they become during the journey.
Our team will always have a very personal approach, in order to provide the personalized service needed to create the best relationship with our clients.
“The years ahead must be greater than the years behind. We push forward, and that is the biggest challenge.”
— Gbolahan Adarabioyo, Founder & CEO
GBOLAHAN ADARABIOYO.
Gbolahan founded Closeview in 2012 and has had various experiences since, enabling him to gain an abundance of knowledge of the sports industry and learn the best support mechanisms for athletes. This ethos has come from the management of his junior brother Tosin Adarabioyo, whose career is currently flourishing in the Premier League. Gbolahan has taken that experience and manages all of Closeview’s clients as his own family. Closeview has a full understanding of the importance of a family-oriented network and respecting the realms of what that entails.
Having been a sportsman himself in his early years, he later made the transition to higher education, stepping into the sports management industry after university was organic. Over the years, Gbolahan has had great success in the industry from rejuvenating careers of the undirected and misguided, also capitalizing on opportunities for the most promising talent.
Gbolahan strives to keep himself in a position where he is equally responsible for the growth and drive of Closeview's client’s needs in order for them to reach the pinnacle of their careers. Guiding them through the various life decisions they all face daily. Currently representing players across Europe, Gbolahan has already taken the journey with some of Europe's best talent from a significant stage of youth development to the most elite level of sports.
At Closeview, we believe that prevention is better than cure.
The talent you hold is the life you live. Our vision is to unleash human potential and in order to do so educating and evolving the person our clients become during the journey is a must.
Naturally, this will inspire and guide them to achieve greatness. With this as our main focus, it motivates us to encourage our clients to reach their full potential.
As with all things, the greatest gift will come to an end. Our mission is to ensure that our clients have the most exceptional careers possible but to also go on and achieve greater accomplishments once their careers come to a close.