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Seoul Chapter of the 2023 FMA Decentralized World Gathering

FMA News

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 Seoul Chapter of the 2023 FMA Decentralized World Gathering. Despite the scorchin…

fma_committee·10 August 2023

Congratulations, Class of 2023. Welcome to the FIFA Master Alumni!

FMA News

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 and Japan and instrumental player of the historic "Invincibles" Arsenal team,&nb…

fma_committee·24 July 2023

Alumni meet at the Tokyo Chapter of the 2023 FMA Decentralized World Gathering

FMA News

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, 22 July, against the backdrop of five-a-side football pitches and Tokyo’…

fma_committee·24 July 2023

The 2023 FMA Decentralized World Gathering kicks off in L.A.

FMA News

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 14-15 July.  Approximately a dozen FIFA Master alumni and a si…

fma_committee·18 July 2023

FMA ‘Delivers Amazing’ at 11th FMA World Gathering at FIFA Men’s World Cup 2022 in Qatar

FMA News

Dearest members, I write to you with great happiness after the resounding success of the recently concluded 11th FIFA Master Alumni World Gathering in Doha. Over the course of 3 days we had more than 100 alumni members present on the ground, as well as community stakeholders from CIES, the FIFA M…

fma_committee·15 December 2022

The FMA International Sports Conference 2022

FMA News

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 place at the pinnacle of global sports – the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM. At …

fma_committee·25 November 2022

FIFA Master named the Best European Programme for the 10th time

FMA News

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 Europe for a record tenth time in the new 2022 SportBusiness rankings. The ranking …

fma_committee·5 October 2022

The FMA LatAm Webinar Series returns for Season 3

FMA News

We're pleased to announce that the 3rd season of the FMA LatAm Webinar Series is confirmed, and we'd like to invite all our Spanish-speaking alumni to follow it. The webinar series was an initiative by a group of Colombian alumni, led by Alvaro Llorente (FMA'04) who's also the host of the sh…

fma_committee·7 September 2022

Reunited in Switzerland - 20th Edition ‘special week’

FMA News

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 followed, the pandemic hit Milan, forcing classes online and eventually shutti…

fma_committee·28 July 2022

FIFA Master alumnus participates in a Sports Against Match-Fixing Erasmus+ funded Project

FMA News

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 Football Federation (FPF), coordinator of the project, as well as with Spor…

fma_committee·5 June 2022

FIFA Master alumni participate in the creation of the Union of Portuguese-Speaking Football Federations

FMA News

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 Saturday, May 21st, in Lisbon, Portugal. The purpose is to bring Portuguese-s…

fma_committee·31 May 2022

Led by FIFA Master Alumnus, Spanish club instates remunerated menstrual leave

FMA News

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".  This permit offers the possibility of having a day off to face th…

fma_committee·24 May 2022

Pema Tshering leads Sunrise Women’s FC to Bhutan's Women’s National Football League Champion Title

FMA News

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 happened on 28 November 2021. Sunrise Women’s FC went into the final ma…

fma_committee·13 January 2022

FMA LatAm Webinar Series #5 - The FIFA Club Football Licensing System

FMA News

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 2012), Sport Marketing Manager at Adidas, and Andrés Portabella (FMA 2012), FIFA Advis…

fma_committee·30 November 2021

Emma Twigg Wins Olympic Gold

FMA News

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 broke the Olympic record in the process. That was amazing!!! Her s…

fma_committee·30 July 2021

Alyssa Lagonia becomes Swiss Champion with Servette

FMA News

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 Women’s Football Assistant at UEFA, and was instrumental to bring the Geneva-b…

fma_committee·25 May 2021

Natalie Smith co-authors book on Sports Management

FMA News

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 Understanding People and Groups.” Her co-authors are Dr. Chris Barnhill, who i…

fma_committee·13 May 2021

The Quarterly Interview # 35: John Barton

FMA News

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, has forged an outstanding career in sport. Prior to taking the m…

fma_committee·15 April 2021

The Quarterly Interview # 35: Bugra Cem Imamogullari

FMA News

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 make a career out of it. So, after graduating in engineering at universi…

fma_committee·15 April 2021

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