Colin Jackson: What does your job actually entail?

David Perrette: We work on various UEFA competitions and club competitions, such as UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, but also national team competitions. We do the U17s, U19s, women's U17s & U19s and the Euro Competitions.

We ensure that the competitions take place in the proper conditions for the media and we also ensure that the players, officials and coaches can do their job properly without being bothered by media.

CJ: You mentioned the media. Are they very difficult to work with, because I expect their expectations are pretty high?

DP: Sometimes it can be difficult. I would say that most of them are quite original people; they are just around asking questions trying to find some stories or a big scoop. It's nice to work in this environment because it's a moving environment with many people. You have various media like television, photographers and written press. It's a nice job to try to gather all the information and to put everything in place to enable them to do their job properly.

RYG: How difficult is it to get the vision of football and the role of UEFA out to the whole world?

DP: Actually, it's funny because I've also been on the other side working as a reporter for a local TV and newspaper. Now that I am working for UEFA I realise the work here is behind the scenes and it's very impressive.

We have a wonderful product here; football is a wonderful sport with a lot of emotions. When I watch a game now, I think we, the spectators, can feel a lot of emotions as well because it's a wonderful event and a wonderful sport with so many feelings that you can have only been watching football. I hope we can help the media translate all that.

CJ: Did your background in journalism help you in your role now with UEFA?

DP: Yes it helps a lot because I know what information journalists need to work from and to do their jobs properly.

CJ: How did you get your job in UEFA?

DP: I actually started working for Euro 2008 as the Media Accreditation Co-ordinator. It was really important for me because my first job in my country was a Euro competition, one of the biggest sport events in the world! I enjoyed my time there and it was a wonderful experience.

Whilst thinking about the next step in my career, I had the opportunity to join the new media operations team within UEFA, two months after the end of Euro. I was so happy, just to be able to come here and to be able to work in the sports environment.

CJ: Media work is very tough, so are you kept very busy or is there any fun working here?

DP: There can be fun! We can play many sports here, we can play football, go jogging, play tennis and we can even practice some wakeboard here on the lake!

CJ: What would be your advice to young people looking to follow in your career?

DP: Since I was a child it was a dream for me to work in a sports environment. My first dream was to become a sports journalist, then it became working in a sports company and a football federation like UEFA.

You need to believe that it is possible. When I applied for my first job at Euro 2008, I was thinking 'You never know, it might just happen,' and it did, so just do everything that is possible to make your dream come true.