Balanced competition calendars protect the health and well-being of the athlete’s career prospects and empower peak sporting performance across the men’s and women’s game.

PFA CEO and FIFPRO global board member Maheta Molango and FIFPRO's Director Global Policy & Strategic Relations (Men's Football) Alexander Bielefeld spoke on the opening panel of the World Football Summit's Football Innovation Forum in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Aída Ponce Del Castillo highlights why football needs to address industry developments driven by new technology and advances in data-capture that enable the rapid and large collection of sensitive player data in the working environment.

The data can be accessed via FIFPRO and Football Benchmark’s Player Workload Monitoring, a digital platform tracking the health and workload status of professional footballers around the world.

FIFPRO is launching a Global Player Council to strengthen the role of professional footballers in shaping their industry at an international level.

Kylian Mbappé was among 23 percent of footballers who had an off-season of less than two weeks ahead of the 2020/1 season, as the pandemic increases match congestion, FIFPRO’s Player Workload Monitoring platform shows.

Men’s professional footballers are facing ever more congested schedules during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Diana Matheson and Marcel de Jong are the two newest members of the FIFPRO Global Player Council.

Last week, Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) unveiled their 2021/22 A-League Men Report, which highlights how the league has rebounded from the financial impact of COVID-19, with an increase in investment from clubs, improved player contract stability and a sustained focus on youth development.

Lucy Bronze’s consistency at the top can be captured by the fact she has been voted into the FIFA FIFPRO Women’s World 11 by her fellow professionals six times in the last seven years. It is a feat that few elite women’s footballers have achieved: USA’s Alex Morgan also has six appearances in the global team of the year, while French defender Wendie Renard is the only player who can boast more (7).

Kuala Lumpur City player-coach and former Malaysia striker Safee Sali recently launched NFTs to remember the country’s 2010 AFF Championship success.

FIFPRO has launched a new free-to-access data platform that monitors match schedules and the workload of players across different competitions.