This research discusses the challenges and difficulties of career transitions professional e-sports athletes face in China after retirement. It comprehensively analyses the career transition factors by adapting Schlossberg's Career Transition Theory, including retirement background, personal attitudes, support systems, and coping strategies. It then gives corresponding suggestions to the esports athletes for successful career transitions.

This research discusses the challenges and difficulties of career transitions professional e-sports athletes face in China after retirement. It comprehensively analyses the career transition factors by adapting Schlossberg's Career Transition Theory, including retirement background, personal attitudes, support systems, and coping strategies. It then gives corresponding suggestions to the e�sports athletes for successful career transitions.