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The FIFA Master Alumni Association (FMA) proudly highlights the inspiring journey of Mohsen Gilani (Class of 2003), who has officially entered the race to become the next President of the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF). ...

On Friday, 19 July 2024, the 24th edition of the FIFA Master graduated, at a ceremony at Neuchâtel’s Castle.

This year's Patron was the President of the International Equestrian Federation (Fédération Equestre...

Dear alumni,

We hope this message finds you well. Today, we are reaching out to bring your attention to a critical situation unfolding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil—a state roughly the size of Italy. Several...

We are proud to share with our alumni community that FIFA Master alumnus from the 13th edition and football legend, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, has become President of the Japan Football Association.

Tsune, as he's called by...

On the evening of August 10, 2023, the Colombian chapter of the FIFA Master alumni gathered at District, a famous sports bar in Bogotá’s Parque de la 93, to mark the 20th anniversary of the FIFA Master Alumni Committee.

By Giny Oh

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the FIFA Master Alumni Association and extend a warm welcome to the 23rd edition who recently graduated, FMA members convened in Seoul on August 5th to celebrate the...

On Friday, 21 July 2023, the 23rd edition of the FIFA Master graduated, at a ceremony at Neuchâtel’s Castle.

This year's Patron was Brazil's football legend, Gilberto Silva, winner of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Korea...

The summer ‘matsuri’ (festival) season is in full flow in Japan at the moment and there was a festival filled family atmosphere as the Tokyo (JPN) Chapter of the 2023 FMA Decentralized World Gathering took place on Saturday,...

To mark the 20th anniversary of the FIFA Master Alumni Association, the FMA is hosting several regional gatherings over the coming weeks.  The first decentralized event of the series took place in Los Angeles, California, on...

The FIFA Master Alumni International Sports Conference is a world-class business conference bringing together some the most influential decision makers in the sports industry.

Knowledge exchange and networking will take...

As published by CIES on September 26th, 2022

The FIFA Master - International Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport has maintained its position as the No.1 ranked Postgraduate Sport Management course in...

As the 20th Edition of the FIFA Masters began their Sustainability module at SDA Bocconi in February 2020, little did they know this would be the last class they would have ‘in-person’ all year. 

In the weeks that...

Fábio Figueiras, a FIFA Master Alumnus from the 21st Edition, is representing Panathlon International, an italian based Sports NGO, in a sports integrity project, which is counting with the participation of the Portuguese...

Leaders of the national football federations of Brazil, Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe signed the creation of the Union of Portuguese-speaking Football Federations last...

The San Fernando Club Deportivo established a pioneering measure in sports entities. The club has reformed its internal labour code and, since last May 11, all female employees are entitled to the so-called "menstrual leave...

FIFA Master alumna Pema Tshering (Class of 2021) from Bhutan was instrumental in the campaign that saw her team Sunrise Women’s FC win the Kelme Bhutan Women’s National Football League 2021. The final match of the competition...

Dear all,

Tune in on Wednesday, December 8, at 12h (ET) / 18h (CET) for the fifth episode of season 1 of the FMA LatAm Webinar Series.*

In this episode Alvaro Llorente (FMA 2004) will interview Mario Maggi (FMA...

The FMA Family is proud to congratulate alumna Emma Twigg, from New Zealand, for winning the Olympic gold medal in rowing, single sculls, at the Tokyo 2020 Games, this Friday morning.

If that wasn't enough, she also...

FIFA Master alumna Alyssa Lagonia (Class of 2019) has been crowned Swiss Champion, with Servette FCCF’s women’s team on May 19th.

The Canadian-Italian midfielder combines a life of professional athlete with the work as...

FIFA Master alumna, Dr. Natalie Smith (Class of 2010), Assistant Professor at East Tennessee State University is the co-author of the new book, “Organizational Behavior in Sport Management:  An Applied Approach to...

John Barton, originally from UK, is Director of Sponsorship Sales at TEAM Marketing, UEFA’s exclusive commercial agency for its club competitions.  He attended the first edition of the FIFA Master, 20 years ago, and since then...

The Turkish Bugra Cem Imamogullari, 37, is the son of a semi-professional basketball player and from a very young age knew that he wanted to have a career in sports. He first tried it as a basketball player too, but couldn’t...

By Kristina Fraesdorf

The FIFA Master Alumni is very proud to report about two FIFA Master recently making sports history. Nicholas (Nick) Lau (FMA’04) and Nzumbe Nyanduga (FMA’14) participated at the FIS...

The Irish-Australian Adam Crothers is another FIFA Master Alumni with an impressive career in sport. Graduate from the 11th edition of the course, he actually already had some experience working in sport before enrolling in...

The Nepalese-American Biplav Gautam graduated from the 7th edition of the FIFA Master, back in 2007, and since then has built a solid career in the sports industry, primarily in Asia, where he has been based since graduation....

The Japanese Shoko Tsuji is yet another talented woman who benefited from her FIFA Master experience to boost her career in sports. She had already studied Sports Sciences at Waseda University, in Japan, and then did a Masters...

You can say that Eden Ghebresellassie epitomises the diversity which the FIFA Master is known for. American, born and raised in Italy, to Eritrean parents, Eden holds not only three different nationalities, but also a...

The Austrian Veronika Muehlhofer is one of the leading figures in the sport of rugby today. She is the CEO of the Swiss Rugby Union, the national federation for the sports of Rugby in Switzerland, she sits in the Board of...

It hasn’t been easy. In the midst of an unprecedent global pandemic, the 20th edition of the FIFA Master has faced immense challenges in the past months… and they have overcome them all!

This Friday, 17 July 2020, the...

The Autralian-Italian James Kitching recently joined FIFA as its new Director of Football Regulatory. He graduated from the FIFA Master in 2012, and one could say that his career in sports career skyrocketed since then.

The American Betsy Maxfield is another great example of an outstanding professional graduated from the FIFA Master. Betsy started working in the sports industry straight out of university, when she joined, as an...

Before joining the 12th edition of the FIFA Master, the Moroccan-Canadian Rhali El Amrani worked as a corporate banker, but his dream had always been to work in the football industry.

According to Rhali, the knowledge,...

The first ever Princeton Soccer Conference, which was supported by the FIFA Master Alumni Association, was held last weekend, on 7-8 December, at the prestigious Princeton University, in New Jersey, USA.

Within the...

The American Ashley Ehlert started working in sport while still studying at University of Central Florida. She supported the (American) football team, dealing with NCAA compliance issues related to recruitment. She remembers...

The Austrian Martin Kaswurm, 33, co-founded the sports marketing and events agency Chaka2 ten years ago – that was a few years before enrolling in the FIFA Master, in 2013. Through his agency’s activities and his work with...

On September 1st, Emma Twigg (FMA ’15) competed in the World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria. Among the crowds screaming from the stands were members from three editions of the FMA. Emma put in an outstanding performance...

A few weeks ago, Martin Kaswurm (Class of 2014), currently the FMA Committee President, presented at the TEDx MCInnsbruck about his visionary endeavour: the creation and promotion of Snow Volleyball, and how that sport may...

On Friday, 12 July 2019, the 19th edition of the FIFA Master graduated at a ceremony at Neuchâtel's Castle.

This years's patron was Brazilian football legend, Leonardo de Araujo, 1994 FIFA World Cup winner, and...

The Spaniard Francisco Porras Lima is yet another example of a successful professional leaving a positive mark in the sports world who has come from the ranks of the FIFA Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport. A...