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FIFA MASTER ALUMNI - WHERE ARE THEY NOW? - TANG XIGANG

Tang Xigang (David)

Current Position:  Commercial and Operation Director of City Football Group China

Year of graduation: 2003 (3rd edition)

Nation…


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FIFA Master Alumni
02 February 2022

Next 90 programme kicks off with 35 ex-internationals

The 35 participants in The Next 90 educational programme gathered on Tuesday for the first online session in a course that will run for the next ten…
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26 January 2022

First ever world demographic study released

For the first time, the CIES Football Observatory research team has compiled a study comparing from a demographic perspective the five major European…
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24 January 2022

Sixteen Projects Selected for the FIFA/CIES International University Network Award 2022

Picture: The winners of the FIFA/CIES International University Network Award 2019 and the FIFA Master 19th edition at FIFA HQ in Zurich. A new record…
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24 January 2022

FIFA MASTER ALUMNI - WHERE ARE THEY NOW? - SAFIA ABDELDAYEM

Safia Abdeldayem

Current Position: Head of Women’s Football Development, CAF

Year of graduation: 2014 (14th edition)

Nationality: Egyptian/Syrian


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FIFA Master Alumni
20 January 2022

AFC Women’s Asian Cup™ History Book unveiled

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) launched the first-ever AFC Women’s Asian Cup™ History Book, which details the evolution of the competition and…
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17 January 2022

The end of 2021 and our first module in Leicester!

Three months has flown by in the blink of an eye. We have now successfully completed our opening FIFA Master Humanities of Sport module at De Montfort…
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11 January 2022
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