FIFPRO spoke with MUFP General Secretary Mitchell Duarte to find out more about the conflict involving players in the top two divisions of Uruguayan football.

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 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.

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

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).

As football governance enters a critical phase, FIFPRO and European Leagues have announced a manifesto to embed collective governance standards and agreements throughout the professional game.

Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) recently released ‘Professional Women’s Football: The Next Step’ to offer solutions to the challenges that Australian women’s football is facing. The PFA is seeking to increase the number of players who turn professional, encourage clubs take a long term view on investment and keep competitive balance in the W-League. One of the biggest goals is to attract and retain the best global talent amid the growth of European women’s football clubs. Similarly to FIFPRO’s Raising Our Game report, The Next Step provides a vision for women’s professional football.