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Ratu Tisha named one of “Top 10 Football’s Future Women Leaders” by Goal.com

FMA News

In a recent “Top 10 list” published by soccer-specific site Goal.com, FIFA Master alumna Ratu Tisha Destria (Class of 2014) was named one of “Football’s Future Women Leaders”.   The site says: “Tisha is the first woman in history to become secretary general of the Football Association of Ind…

fma_committee·15 September 2017

The Quarterly Interview #21: Andre Zanotta

FMA News

  The Brazilian Andre Zanotta, 37, has risen quite fast to high ranks of club football management in Brazil, since his graduation from the FIFA Master, in 2010. Currently the sport director of Gremio FBPA, one of the country’s powerhouses, Andre has become a reference for young managers drea…

fmacommittee·31 August 2017

Ji-Sung Park named PyeongChang 2018 Ambassador

FMA News

Global football star, and recently graduated FIFA Master Alumnus, Ji-Sung Park (FMA’17) has been announced as Honorary Ambassador for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games at a special signing ceremony held in the South Korean capital of Seoul, earlier this month.   Park s…

fma_committee·23 August 2017

De Monfort University awarded Gold status in Teaching Excellence Framework

FMA News

In July 2017, De Montfort University who deliver the first module of the “FIFA Master” - International MA in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport course, received the highly significant news that it had been awarded the highest possible rating of GOLD in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)…

fmacommittee·3 August 2017

6th FGV FIFA MASTER ALUMNI Seminar to take place in Rio

FMA News

The Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) - CIES’s partner in Brazil on the organisation of the FIFA/CIES Executive Programme in Sports Management - is organising, with the support of the FMA, the 6 th FGV FIFA Master Alumni Seminar in Sport Management, which will take place on 26 August in Rio de Janeir…

fma_committee·21 July 2017

Congratulations, Class of 2017, and welcome to the FIFA Master Alumni

FMA News

On Friday, 14 July 2017, the 17th edition of the FIFA Master was graduated in Neuchatel. The FMA Committee would like to congratulate and welcome the following as the newest members to the FIFA Master Alumni Association:   Ammar Abbas Ali Ahmadi Khatir Liliya Borisova Anna Lena Margarethe Li…

fma_committee·17 July 2017

Alum Danis Roberts picks up Gold for Best Sports Event at the Sports Business Awards

FMA News

The FIFA Master alumni continues to make headlines in the sports industry. This time it was Danis Roberts (Class of 2013), who received a prestigious award in the name of the rugby club Harlequins FC, yesterday night. The London-based rugby club, which plays in the Aviva Premiership Rugby, w…

fma_committee·3 June 2017

Adieu et merci beaucoup, Mr Juvet

FMA News

It is with great sadness that the FIFA Master Alumni family receives the news of the passing away of Mr Jean Louis Juvet, former president of the CIES, on the 1st May, at the age of 86. Mr Juvet, a former Economics professor at the University of Neuchatel, was instrumental for the creation of the…

fma_committee·2 May 2017

The Quarterly Interview #19: Martin Kaswurm

FMA News

Austrian Martin Kaswurm, 30, is a sports-addict and a successful entrepreneur. Since he was a teenager, he’s been not only doing sport, but also working with it. At 20 years’ old, Martin joined the Sports & Culture Department at Red Bull Headquarters, in Austria. He recalls: “It gave me a gre…

fmacommittee·28 February 2017

Snow Volleyball takes Asia

FMA News

Alumni Amir Sedighi (FMA’12) and Martin Kaswurm (FMA’14) organised the first FIVB supported Snow Volleyball Competition in the Dizin International Ski Resort in Iran The Iranian Volleyball Federation staged a snow volleyball tournament for the first time at the Dizin resort in the Alborz mountain…

fma_committee·23 February 2017

Alum Sarah O'Shea appointed OCI's Honorary Secretary General

FMA News

Alum Sarah O'Shea (FMA'06) was appointed Honorary Secretary General of the Olympic Counsel of Ireland. Sarah will be part of a new Olympic Counsel of Ireland composed of Sarah Keane (President), Colm Barrington (First Vice President) and Robert Norwood (Second Vice President) who face a…

fmacommittee·16 February 2017

The Quarterly Interview #18: Diederik Dewaele

FMA News

The Belgian Diederik Dewaele, 38, is another “FIFA Master” alumnus with a notable career in sports – football administration, more specifically. Graduated from the 5th edition of our globally acclaimed postgraduate programme in 2005, he soon joined the governing body of football in Europe, UEFA. …

fmacommittee·30 November 2016

Alum Martin Kaswurm presents Snow Volleyball at the FIVB World Congress

FMA News

During the 35th FIVB World Congress, which took in Buenos Aires, 0n 5-6 October, alum Martin Kaswurm (Class of 2014) was honored for his work in the world of volleyball in the past decade. His creative concept Snow Volleyball, which is played by thousands of athletes from more than 20 nation…

fma_committee·11 October 2016

Honey Thaljieh receives Special Recognition at the Leaders Under 40 Awards

FMA News

On the evening of 4 October, alum Honey Thaljieh (Class of 2012) received a Special Recognition by the panel choosing the winners of this years' Leaders Under 40 Awards, which took place in London and was co-organised by Leaders in Sports and the Aspire Academy. Although her unortodox career…

fma_committee·9 October 2016

Emma Twigg reminisces about the Rio Olympics

FMA News

Last month, alum Emma Twigg (class of 2015) lived one of the most remarkable experiences one athlete can live: she participated in the Olympic Games in Rio – and that was the third time for her. An accomplished rower – named the best in the World in 2014 -, went through a rollercoaster of emotion…

fma_committee·7 September 2016

The Quarterly Interview #17: Pedro Presa

FMA News

The Portuguese Pedro Presa is one of the most enthusiastic people to have ever graduated from the FIFA Master. Always with a big smile in his face, a “can do” attitude and a captivating spark in his eyes – especially when talking about his start-up, mycujoo.tv, and his 11 months-old son, Joaquim …

fmacommittee·31 August 2016

Video: Relive the 6th FMA World Gathering

FMA News

Dear friends, The 6th FMA World Gathering was, without a doubt, a very special moment in the history of the FIFA Master Alumni. You can read more about it here . In order to remember all those special moments, but also to promote the Alumni - as well as the FIFA Master - to a larger audience, we …

fma_committee·20 June 2016

Fun, joy - and business - at the 6th FMA World Gathering

FMA News

“This last edition of the FMA World Gathering was fantastic”, says Nick Lau , alum from the 4th edition and Project & Knowledge Management Group Leader at FIFA. On 11 and 12 June, the FIFA Master Alumni Association (FMA) held its 6th Biennial World Gathering – this time in Paris, France …

fma_committee·16 June 2016

Infront's Executive Director, Stephan Herth, names the FIFA Master as an important source of talent for the industry

FMA News

The FIFA Master is definitely in the minds of leaders in the sports industry.  Infront Sports & Media's Executive Director for Summer Sports & Football, Stephan Herth, mentioned the FIFA Master by name as he answered that education is the best bit of advice that he would of…

fma_committee·16 June 2016

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