#FIFPRO
’s latest workload report reveals the troubling impact of expanding competitions on men’s footballers.
⚠️ 54% of players face heavy workloads
📅 31% played 55+ games last season
🛌 <1 full day off per week for some
🚨 80+ games projected by 2025
📊
@Football_BM
FIFPRO is shocked and sickened by reports that professional footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani faces execution in Iran after campaigning for women’s rights and basic freedom in his country.
We stand in solidarity with Amir and call for the immediate removal of his punishment.
UPDATE:
@FIFPro
has written to
@FIFAcom
requesting that Peru captain Paolo Guerrero be allowed to participate in the
@FIFAWorldCup
. We are hoping for a breakthrough in the next 24-48 hours. 🤞🏻
Our thoughts are with the families, friends, and teammates of young Ukrainian footballers Vitalii Sapylo (21) and Dmytro Martynenko (25), football’s first reported losses in this war.
May they both rest in peace.
#FIFPRO
has asked FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation to urgently intervene in Indonesia, where a decision was taken by the Football Association to cancel the remainder of the 2022/23 season for the second and third leagues.
"No hay que desaprovechar la fuerza y el auge que tiene el fútbol femenino ahora para seguir buscando mejores condiciones para todas"
🇨🇴
@leicysantos10
reflexiona sobre las mejoras en la
@FIFAWWC
, el sistema de clasificación y la lucha en Latinoamérica 👇
#FIFAWWC
#FIFPRO
Breaking mental health taboos ❤️
Drawing on his own experiences, Swiss footballer Francisco Rodriguez is on a mission to help others through depression.
#CommunityChampion
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@SAFP_Org
Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir’s landmark ruling against former club Olympique Lyonnais sends a clear message to clubs and footballers worldwide:
The strict application of maternity rights is enforceable.
🔗
Our deepest condolences go out to the family, friends and teammates of young Afghan national team footballer Zaki Anwari, who reportedly died in a fall from a U.S. plane at Kabul airport on Monday.
⭐️ Here are the 23 nominees for the 2021 Men's FIFA FIFPRO
#World11
!
The winners will be announced on 17.01.2022.
By the players, for the players.
@FIFAcom
❌ “It’s too much.”
❌ “There’s no excuse.”
❌ “It's not acceptable.”
Bernardo Silva has become the latest footballer to speak out against the congested match calendar.
As news of Leah Williamson's World-Cup-ending ACL injury breaks, the words of her England team-mate
@BMeado9
have never rung truer.
More. Research. Needed.
Raphael Ayagwa was held against his will and physically attacked while at Egyptian club Aswan SC.
With
@FIFPROAfrica
support, the FIFA DRC ruled in his favour, granting unpaid wages, compensation, and moral damages. Aswan were issued a transfer ban for two windows.
FIFPRO has written to the Turkish
#SuperLig
and federation asking them to urgently reconsider the decision to continue matches and training during the
#coronavirus
outbreak
Numerous foreign players have contacted us to say they are uncomfortable continuing as
#COVID19
spreads
Creating a safe space for kids to play ❤️
Defender Abdou Samake is a FIFPRO
#CommunityChampion
for his volunteer work with Inner City Youth Alive.
@Canada_PFA
💚 From green transfers to eco-friendly football boots, Nigeria international
@WTroostEkong
is on a mission to make the game more sustainable.
🧵
#CommunityChampion
🚨ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
@FIFPRO
together with
@FIFAcom
proudly presents the 55 players with most votes for the 2020 FIFA FIFPRO Men's World 11, selected by their fellow professional footballers.
Here's all you need to know 👉
#FIFAFootballAwards
#TheBest
Our complete solidarity with
@LFC
goalkeeper
@LorisKarius
🤝
We are working on an educational video 📹 to help footballers recognize and report when a teammate/opponent suffers a concussion
This will be shown in dressing rooms around the world next season by our member unions
#FIFPRO
surveyed 260 players from 26 nations after the FIFA Women’s World Cup to get direct feedback on compensation, conditions, and workload.
Here’s what we found 👇
[THREAD]
🚨 The
#FIFPRO
Men’s Player Workload Monitoring Tool has been updated with matches up to 15 July 2024.
📈 Tracks workload, recovery, and travel
🌍 Includes 1,500 players worldwide
📊 New metric: squad inclusions
🤝 Data provided by
@Football_BM
Japan captain Saki Kumagai has competed at four FIFA Women’s World Cups.
While prize money and conditions have certainly improved since she won the 2011 edition, that progress mustn't end here. There's no going back now.
🎥 [REC] Saki Kumagai
#ShineALight
🤷♀️ Whatever the result tonight, you’re both leaving the game better than you found it. That’s the W.
Enjoy retirement,
@mPinoe
and
@AliKrieger
🙌
#NWSLChampionship
Inspired by the support he once received from
@YMCA_Canada
, Abdou Samake is shaping brighter futures in Winnipeg with Inner City Youth Alive.
#CommunityChampion
🚨 Serious delays in payment
🚨 Aggression towards players
🚨 Complete lack of protection
Together with
@Fabol_Bolivia
,
#FIFPRO
demands urgent action from the Bolivian Football Federation to safeguard players' rights and well-being.
No player received more 2023
#World11
votes from their fellow professionals than
@ErlingHaaland
(14,011).
😮 64% of men’s players voted for him.
#TheBest
⭐️ 2023 MERIT AWARDS ⭐️
Player Activism Award Winner
🇰🇪 Chris Kach is a voice for intersex footballers, championing equality for all, not only for themself. That's a game-changer.
Congratulations, Chris 👏
#MeritAwards
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#FIFPROGA23
#FIFPRO
's Women’s World Cup player survey underscores the need for further player-centric improvements in international women’s football in key areas including compensation, conditions, and workload.
Read the full story 👇
⏰ BREAKING
2⃣5⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ professional footballers in 6⃣5⃣ countries have voted
Here are their top 5⃣ goalkeepers
The most-voted goalkeeper will be in the
#World11
Live blog ➡️
#TheBest
#FIFAFootballAwards
FIFPRO welcomes the regulations that protect the rights of female footballers who want to have children during their playing careers.
“We as players need these protections so that nobody has to choose between starting a family and their football career"
🗣
@AlexiaPutellas
on the growing number of ACL injuries in women's football:
“It's a multi-factorial injury. That's why it's so important to improve the conditions for women's players: rest, travel, the surfaces on which they play and, of course, all those studies.”
🗣 “The most difficult thing to change is certain people’s minds.”
@FCBfemeni
's
@MapiLeon16
reflects on the growth of women's football, and the challenge of breaking down barriers.
STATEMENT
We are very disappointed by the decision of the Ukrainian FA to hand Taison a one-match ban. Sanctioning a victim of racial abuse is beyond comprehension and it plays into the hands of those who promote this kind of disgraceful behaviour.
📊 The
#FIFPRO
Women’s Player Workload Monitoring Tool is now updated with matches up to 15 July 2024.
🌟 Dedicated platform for women’s data
📈 Tracks workload, recovery, and travel
🌍 Includes 300 players worldwide
🆕 New metric: Squad inclusions
🔋 Powered by
@Football_BM
😳 Women's footballers are up to SIX times more likely to suffer an ACL injury than their male counterparts, yet there is a lack of understanding on why it's happening.
🗣
@BMeado9
: “If that ever happened in the men's game, a lot more would have been done sooner.”
The FIFA
#FIFPRO
#World11
is here.
On Tuesday we’ll reveal who the players have voted into their men’s and women’s 23-player shortlist for the 2020-21 season.
The winners will be announced on 17.01.2022.
Excited? 👀👋
@FIFAcom
@FIFAWWC