What you should know
Football needs to improve its financial security
Through reviewing the structural, regulatory and business models, FIFPRO supports further scrutiny and analysis of football's economic health so that players can work in a secure industry.
Without players, there is no game
FIFPRO supports its members who work together to improve the employment conditions. Players should be involved in the decision-making process about changes that affect their careers. The football labour market is in a supply and demand economy, where supply far outstrips demand, which drives down wages. This situation is even worse in women’s football.
Escaping from a nightmare season: How a player ended up trapped in a hotel
In the summer of 2019, Mouhoub Nait Merabet signed with Tunisian club CS Sfaxien. The club abused him in various ways, including non-payment, retention of passport and bullying. Even though Nait Merabet won both his legal cases, he is still yet to receive his money.
The player waiting 10 years for unpaid salary
Cameroon-born Marc Orland Etougou suffered non-payment in 2013 from Indonesian club Persiwa Wamena. Even though the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber ruled in Etougou’s favour in 2015, the 41-year-old has still not received his salaries.
