Sara Gama is the captain of Italy and Juventus, and the vice president of Italian player union AIC. The 33-year-old was involved with the realisation of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA), which will come into effect this season for players in Serie A Femminile.

The women players of the National Women’s Soccer League in the United States recently announced their first collective agreement.

The leaders of FIFPRO and World Leagues Forum (WLF) met on Tuesday 1 February in Madrid and via video conference to discuss collective principles for football’s governance. In their latest Leadership Summit, the two partners worked towards new governance standards that will put social partners, openness, accountability and sustainability at the heart of the sport.

The use of volumetric player data and artificial intelligence in the football industry requires the direct agreement of players and collective safeguards

Following the increasing importance of new technologies in football to collect possibly large amounts of data related to the performance and well-being of football players, FIFA and FIFPRO have agreed to identify and develop standards and best practices for the collection, protection and use of personal player-performance data based on the GDPR and Swiss Law.

Player association staff have completed training on athlete welfare and career development support as part of the ‘Mind the Gap’ project.

In the latest of our Union in Focus series, we look at the Asociacion Mexicana de Futbolistas (AMFpro), which last October celebrated the fifth anniversary of its foundation.

FIFPRO member unions and players gathered in London on Tuesday for a workshop on collective agreements in women’s football.

Portuguese national team players Bruma and Edgar Ié were two of the 49 professional footballers who participated in this year’s training camp for out of contract players organized by Portuguese player union Sindicato dos Jogadores (SJPF).