FIFPRO and its member unions are distributing the Red Button app to professional footballers to protect their careers and support the fight against match-fixing.

Footballer Samir Arab is endorsing FIFPRO's Red Button app, a way for players to report match-fixing approaches anonymously. This is his personal story.

The Red Button app enables players to safely report any approaches or suspicions of match-fixing in their country.

To allow professional footballers to safely report match-fixing approaches, FIFPRO is distributing a smartphone app called Red Button.

Robbim Khasanov played more than 10 years in Uzbekistan. His career abruptly came to an end when he was falsely accused of being involved with match-fixing. Now, he is helping the Union of Football Players of Uzbekistan (UFPU) raise awareness about the dangers of match-fixing, and promoting the FIFPRO Red Button app.

The Peruvian first and second divisions will start using the app developed by FIFPRO, which allows professional footballers to report match-fixing approaches safely and anonymously. Roberto Silva, president of the Peruvian Professional Footballers' Association (SAFAP), explains the situation in the South American country and how the use of Red Button will help players.

Since FIFPRO launched the Red Button app in 2020, member unions around the world have distributed the resource to players – ensuring they can report match-fixing approaches safely and anonymously.

FIFPRO is on Wednesday hosting the ‘Preventing Match Fixing’ conference that will examine how to combat the illegal manipulation of football games with perspectives from players, government, police and betting companies.

George Mavrotas, Greece’s Secretary General for Sport, said: “Manipulation of competitions is one of the major threats in sport. During the last years Greece has made significant steps to combat match-fixing and this agreement with FIFPRO is another step in this direction.

Since November the VVCS has been touring the Netherlands, visiting clubs to share information about the union’s many services. This year, the union has focused on education around gambling regulations and match-fixing prevention with the help of the Red Button app.

FIFPRO and FIFA have signed a collaboration agreement endorsing a smartphone app that allows professional footballers to anonymously report match-fixing approaches.

FIFPRO is aware that a number of Ukrainian players have received life bans from professional football by the Disciplinary and Ethics Committee (‘DEC’) of the Football Federation of Armenia. We are concerned that players are being sanctioned on the basis of reports of so called sports data providers, without any substantial evidence.