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The article focuses on a thorough description of the career after retiring of
former athletes currently living and working in Ho Chi Minh City. The results
showed that the rate work in sports in the former athletes is not high. Employee,
Self-employed, Physical education teachers are the top 3 most chosen
professions. Some strenuous and unstable jobs such as mason, motorbike taxi
are also selected. The author hopes that this result will be a useful reference
source in building support programs for athletes in general and athletes who
have retired in particular.
Keywords: retirement, career, former athletes