Coordinates	21°18′32″N157°49′34″N
Name	FIFPro
Size	137px
Alt	FIFPro logo
Formation	1965
Location	Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	43 members
Leader title	Chairman
Leader name	Leonardo Grosso
Website	http://www.fifpro.org
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The Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels (English - International Federation of Professional Footballers), usually known by the abbreviation FIFPro, is a worldwide representative organization for professional football players. At the moment there are 43 national players associations who are members of FIFPro. There are 8 candidate members and 5 observers.

Brief history

On 15 December 1965 representatives of the French, Scottish, English, Italian and Dutch players' associations met in Paris, with the objective of setting up an international federation for footballers.

In the second half of June 1966 the first FIFPro congress took place in London, just before the start of the World Championship. The articles of association of FIFPro were thereby adopted and the objectives accurately laid down. FIFPro was responsible for increasing the solidarity between professional football players and players' associations. FIFPro tried to offer the players' associations or other interest associations the means for mutual consultation and co-operation to achieve their objectives. In addition, it wished to co-ordinate the activities of the different affiliated groups in order to promote the interests of all professional football players. Indeed, FIFPro likewise had in mind propagating and defending the rights of professional football players. The emphasis was thereby laid on the freedom of the football player to be able to choose the club of his choice at the end of his contract. It was likewise laid down that FIFPro would be helpful in every required area for setting up interest associations. These are objectives which still apply to this day.

It was originally laid down that a congress would be held once every four years at a minimum - prior to the World Championship. The congress had to uphold the course set out and with a two-third majority vote. The congress is still the most important organ of FIFPro to this very day.

It soon appeared that it was necessary to organize a congress annually, and not to limit this to once every four years. Many congresses have been held in the meantime, such as for example in 1978 in Madrid and in 1979 in Athens and Venice. In the eighties and nineties many memorable congresses have been organized in almost all the large European cities, such as Paris, Athens, Milan, Manchester, Zurich, Ghent, Lisbon, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Tel Aviv, Rome, Johannesburg, Barcelona, Santiago and Budapest. The latest congress was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in November 2010.

The objectives of FIFPro also mean that not only FIFA applied as a talking partner. UEFA in particular, but also the European parliament and the European Commission appeared to be important points of approach. The national federations also started to become increasingly aware that, in addition to the national players' association, the international trade union FIFPro also played its role.

In recent years FIFPro has grown from a European organization into a global network. The FIFPro has done much to support countries on other continents - Asia/Oceania, Africa and South America – in their efforts to set up players’ associations. In November 2010, FIFPro welcomed the footballers’ associations of DR Congo and Ivory Coast as its newest members; members 42 and 43.

The Board

Current: FIFPro Board

President: Leonardo Grosso (AIC, Italy)

General-Secretary: Theo van Seggelen (Netherlands)

Vice-presidents: Philippe Piat (UNFP, France)

Board members Bobby Barnes (PAA, England), Louis Everard (VVCS, The Netherlands), Rinaldo Martorelli (Fenapaf/Sapesp, Brazil), David Mayébi, (AFC, Cameroon), Mads Øland, (Spillerforeningen, Denmark), Fernando Revilla (SAFAP, Peru), Luis Rubiales (AFE, Spain), Brendan Schwab (PFA, Australia), Dejan Stefanovic (SPINS, Slovenia)

Secretary to the FIFPro board: Frederique Winia (Netherlands)

Mission Statement

FIFPro has adopted its mission and its mission statement. To create its vision for the future, FIFPro at first had to define where it stands for, who it is and what it wants to achieve. In the end it has adopted its mission and its mission statement.

These are:

Mission: FIFPro supports players

Mission Statement: FIFPro is the exclusive collective international voice of the world’s professional footballers

Members

Full members

Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bolivia Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Chile Colombia Congo DR Côte d'Ivoire Cyprus Denmark Ecuador Egypt England Finland France Greece Hungary India Indonesia Israel Italy Japan Netherlands New Zealand Norway Peru Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Scotland Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland United States Uruguay

Candidate members

Costa Rica Ghana Malaysia Morocco Namibia Serbia Ukraine Zimbabwe

Observer members

Botswana China PR Georgia Kazakhstan Montenegro

FIFPro World XI

Each year FIFPro invites all professional footballers in the world to compose their best team of the year.

FIFPro has organized the vote for the World XI since 2005. Every year the world players' union, with the help from all of its associations, distributes more than 55,000 ballots all over the world. One ballot for each professional footballer, regardless where he is playing: Australia, Brazil, China, South Africa, Spain or the United States of America. Every player is requested to pick one goalkeeper, four defenders, three midfielders and three strikers. The result of this immense election is the FIFPro World XI.

In 2009 the world players' union joined hands with FIFA. The team name has changed into the FIFA FIFPro World XI. Each year the eleven players from this elite squad will receive their awards during the FIFA World Player Gala.

FIFA FIFPro World XI

FIFPro and FIFA might cooperate, but the procedure remains the same: it’s the professional footballers who chose the World XI. FIFPro is responsible for the organization of the election.

From 2005 until 2008, FIFPro also asked the footballers to chose the Player of the Year. From 2009 on, the election for FIFPro Player of the Year has merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year and France Football’s Ballon d’Or into one grand election for the Best Footballer of the Year.

!Season	!Goalkeeper	!Defenders	!Midfielders	!Forwards
valign="top" style="text-align:left;"	2005World XI » Award History 2005		[[Paolo Maldini">Dida (goalkeeper)	style="text-align:left;"	Milan)''Alessandro Nesta ''(Milan)''John Terry ''(Chelsea)''Cafu ''(Milan)''	style="text-align:left;"| Ronaldinho '' (Barcelona) '' Claude Makélélé ''(Chelsea)''Frank Lampard ''(Chelsea)''Zinedine Zidane ''(Real Madrid)''	style="text-align:left;"|Samuel Eto'o ''(Barcelona)''Andriy Shevchenko ''(Milan)''
		Gianluigi Buffon ''(Juventus F.C.>Juventus)''	style="text-align:left;"	Lilian Thuram ''(Juventus/Barcelona'')John Terry ''(Chelsea)''Fabio Cannavaro ''(Juventus/Real Madrid)''Gianluca Zambrotta ''(Juventus/Barcelona)''	style="text-align:left;"|Andrea Pirlo ''(Milan)''Kaká ''(Milan)''Zinedine Zidane ''(Real Madrid)''	style="text-align:left;"|Samuel Eto'o ''(Barcelona)''Thierry Henry ''(Arsenal)''Ronaldinho ''(Barcelona)''
		Gianluigi Buffon ''(Juventus F.C.>Juventus)''	style="text-align:left;"	Alessandro Nesta ''(Milan)''John Terry ''(Chelsea)''Fabio Cannavaro ''(Real Madrid)''Carles Puyol ''(Barcelona)''	style="text-align:left;"|Cristiano Ronaldo ''(Manchester United)''Kaká ''(Milan)''Steven Gerrard ''(Liverpool)''	style="text-align:left;"|Lionel Messi ''(Barcelona)''Didier Drogba ''(Chelsea)''Ronaldinho ''(Barcelona)''
		Iker Casillas ''(Real Madrid)''	style="text-align:left;"	John Terry ''(Chelsea)''Rio Ferdinand ''(Manchester United)''Carles Puyol ''(Barcelona)''Sergio Ramos ''(Real Madrid)''	style="text-align:left;"|Xavi ''(Barcelona)''Steven Gerrard ''(Liverpool)''Kaká'' ''(Milan)''	style="text-align:left;"|Cristiano Ronaldo ''(Manchester United)''Fernando Torres ''(Liverpool)''Lionel Messi ''(Barcelona)''
		Iker Casillas ''(Real Madrid)''	style="text-align:left;"	Dani Alves ''(Barcelona)''John Terry ''(Chelsea)''Nemanja Vidić ''(Manchester United)''Patrice Evra ''(Manchester United)''	style="text-align:left;"|Steven Gerrard ''(Liverpool)''Xavi ''(Barcelona)''Andrés Iniesta ''(Barcelona)''	style="text-align:left;"|Cristiano Ronaldo ''(Manchester United/Real Madrid)''Lionel Messi ''(Barcelona)''Fernando Torres ''(Liverpool)''
		Iker Casillas ''(Real Madrid)''	style="text-align:left;"|Maicon ''(Internazionale)''Lúcio ''(Internazionale)''Gerard Piqué ''(Barcelona)''Carles Puyol ''(Barcelona)''	style="text-align:left;"|Wesley Sneijder ''(Internazionale)''Xavi ''(Barcelona)''Andrés Iniesta ''(Barcelona)''	style="text-align:left;"|Cristiano Ronaldo ''(Real Madrid)''David Villa ''(Valencia/Barcelona)''Lionel Messi ''(Barcelona)''

Appearance records

The player with the most appearances in the team is John Terry having appeared five times. Second are Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi (four times). They are followed by several players with three appearances: Carles Puyol, Ronaldinho, Xavi, Steven Gerrard, Iker Casillas, and Kaká.

The team with the most player appearances is Barcelona with an impressive 21, almost a third of the total appearances. The rest come from Milan (9), Real Madrid (9), Chelsea (8), Manchester United (7), Juventus (5), Liverpool (5), Internazionale (3) and Arsenal (1).

World Player of the Year

!Season	!Player	!Team
2005	Ronaldinho>
2006	Ronaldinho>
2007	Kaka>
2008	Cristiano Ronaldo>
2009	Lionel Messi>
2010	Lionel Messi>

See also

FIFA Ballon d'Or

FIFA World Player of the Year

Ballon d'Or

External links

FIFPro Official Website

FIFPro World XI Website

Category:Association football trade unions Category:Global Union Federations

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Emine Bozkurt (born 9 August 1967 in Zaandam, North Holland) is a Dutch politician of Turkish descent and Member of the European Parliament since 2004. She is a member of the Labour Party, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and its Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality.

She is also a substitute for the Committee on Culture and Education and a member of the delegation to the European Union–Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee.

Career

Foundation course in French language and literature (Amsterdam, 1987)

Higher degree in European studies (Amsterdam, 1992)

Qualification from the Netherlands Association for Public Relations and Information (NGPR) (1995)

Foundation for Advertising and Marketing Education (SRM) - public relations diploma (1997)

On the staff of the consulate-general, Germany (1992–1993)

Spokeswoman and head of internal and external relations, Dutch Muslim Broadcasting Company (1993–1997)

Publisher and spokeswoman, Rathenau Institute (1997–2001)

Senior adviser, Radar - advice bureau on social issues (2001–2004)

Member of the Amsterdam PvdA executive (1998–1999)

Member of the PvdA European policy advisory committee (since 1999)

Member of the core group of the PvdA multi-ethnic women's network (1997–2001)

Member of the review committee on public broadcasting (Rinnooy-Kan Committee) (2002–2003)

Member of the disputes committee of the National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development (NCDO) (since 2002)

Member of the governing body of the Institute for Public and Politics (civic education)

See also

List of Dutch politicians

External links

Official website

European Parliament biography

Declaration of financial interests (in Dutch; PDF file)

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{{infobox football biography | playername

Dejan StefanovićДејан Стефановић | image | dateofbirth October 28, 1974 | cityofbirth Vranje | countryofbirth SFR Yugoslavia | height | currentclub Havant & Waterlooville | clubnumber | position Centre back, Left back | years1 1993–1995 | clubs1 Red Star Belgrade | caps1 46 | goals1 9 | years2 1995–1999 | clubs2 Sheffield Wednesday | caps2 66 | goals2 4 | years3 1999 | clubs3 Perugia | caps3 0 | goals3 0 | years4 2000 | clubs4 OFK Belgrade | caps4 0 | goals4 0 | years5 2000–2003 | clubs5 Vitesse Arnhem | caps5 94 | goals5 4 | years6 2003–2007 | clubs6 Portsmouth | caps6 112 | goals6 3 | years7 2007–2008 | clubs7 Fulham | caps7 13 | goals7 0 | years8 2008–2009 | clubs8 Portsmouth | caps9 0 | goals9 0 | years9 2010– | clubs9 Havant & Waterlooville | caps8 0 | goals8 0 | nationalyears1 1995–2004 | nationalteam1 FR Yugoslavia/Serbia & Montenegro | nationalcaps1 20 | nationalgoals1 0 | pcupdate 17:00, 8 November 2008 (UTC) | ntupdate 09:14, 7 March 2008 (UTC) }}

Dejan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Стефановић), (born October 28, 1974 in Vranjein Serbia, is a Serbian football player who plays for Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville He is a central defender who can also play at full back.

Football career

Stefanović began his career in his home town with Dinamo Vranje before being signed by Red Star Belgrade. Whilst at the club he made his international debut for FR Yugoslavia, aged 20, against Hong Kong in January 1995.

For the second part of the 1995/96 season, English club Sheffield Wednesday signed both Stefanović and compatriot, striker Darko Kovačević. Stefanović cost the English club £2 million. However, Stefanović struggled to break into the Wednesday side with Emerson Thome and Des Walker among those ahead of him in the pecking order.

In 1998/99, after playing 72 games for the club, Stefanović was released on a free transfer, signing for A.C. Perugia. However, the move did not work out and before long he returned to Serbia with OFK Belgrade.

Stefanović moved to his third club of the 1999/2000 season when transferring to Vitesse Arnhem of the Netherlands. He quickly became a first team regular, and spent four years at the club, becoming captain during that time. At Vitesse he played the six UEFA Cup-matches on his resume.

At the start of the 2003/04 season, he returned to England with Premiership newcomers Portsmouth for £1.85million. He established himself as a first choice defender during the club's first season in the top-flight, and was a regular in the 2004/05 campaign, winning the fans' player of the season award. He was made Portsmouth captain by Alain Perrin in the 2005/2006 season, although a dip in form and a habit of speaking out to the press earned him the ire of some supporters. Indeed, he confessed to "not giving 100%" under Perrin due to disliking the French coach, comments criticised as highly unprofessional by some fans.

Stefanović's influence on chairman (and fellow Serbian) Milan Mandarić is said to have been an important factor in the dismissal of Perrin and the re-appointment of Harry Redknapp and he was an important member of the side that survived at Wigan in the penultimate game of the season.

Stefanović was converted to a left back at the start of 2006/07 and was a mainstay of the defence that performed so well for Portsmouth during the season. However, the arrivals of Hermann Hreiðarsson and Sylvain Distin during the summer of 2007 cast his position as a first team regular into doubt and he was replaced as captain by Sol Campbell for the 2007/08 season.

In August 2007 Rangers revealed an interest in signing Stefanović but he signed for Fulham. Having spent less than a year at Craven Cottage, he moved to Norwich City on 18 July 2008, agreeing a two year deal. After twelve starts for the Canaries in which he picked up one red card, Stefanović ruptured his cruciate knee ligaments and didn't play again for Norwich City in the 2008/2009 season.

In August 2009, it was reported that Stefanović was in negotiations to leave Norwich, with the player wishing to return to the south of England. On 1 September 2009, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.

Stefanovic retired in late 2009 due to a knee injury but still lives in the Portsmouth area and has admitted his dreams of managing Portsmouth Football Club one day.

On 7 October 2010 Stefanovic joined Havant & Waterlooville as a player-coach.

Career statistics

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International career

Stefanović is a full Serbian international, earning his first call-up in 1995 (The country was then known as Yugoslavia, changing to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003). He has a total of 20 caps to his name. Stefanović retired from international football in 2004.

External links

BBC profile

FootballDatabase provides Dejan Stefanović's profile and stats

References

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Coordinates	21°18′32″N157°49′34″N
name	Spartak Gogniyev
fullname	Spartak Arturovich Gogniyev
birth date	January 19, 1981
birth place	Ordzhonikidze, Soviet Union
height
currentclub	FC Krasnodar
clubnumber	11
position	Striker
youthyears1	| youthclubs1 FC Iriston Vladikavkaz
years1	1998 | clubs1 FC Iriston Vladikavkaz | caps1 34 | goals1 4
years2	1999–2000 | clubs2 FC Avtodor Vladikavkaz | caps2 47 | goals2 17
years3	2000–2001 | clubs3 FC Dynamo Moscow | caps3 28 | goals3 7
years4	2001–2004 | clubs4 PFC CSKA Moscow | caps4 46 | goals4 9
years5	2004 | clubs5 FC Rotor Volgograd | caps5 16 | goals5 5
years6	2005 | clubs6 FC Alania Vladikavkaz | caps6 28 | goals6 6
years7	2006 | clubs7 FC Saturn Ramenskoye | caps7 7 | goals7 1
years8	2006 | clubs8 FC Rostov | caps8 11 | goals8 3
years9	2007 | clubs9 FC Kuban Krasnodar | caps9 12 | goals9 0
years10	2008–2010 | clubs10 FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny | caps10 96 | goals10 47
years11	2010– | clubs11 FC Krasnodar | caps11 29 | goals11 5
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Spartak Arturovich Gogniyev (; born January 19, 1981 in Ordzhonikidze, now Vladikavkaz) is a Russian professional footballer. Currently, he plays for FC Krasnodar. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2000 for FC Dynamo Moscow. He played 2 games in the UEFA Cup 2000–01 for FC Dynamo Moscow and 2 games (scoring 1 goal) in the UEFA Champions League 2003–04 qualification round for PFC CSKA Moscow.

Honours

Russian Premier League runner-up: 2002.

Russian Cup winner: 2002.

Russian First Division best striker: 2010.

External links

Profile at transfermarkt.de

References

Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Russian footballers Category:FC Dynamo Moscow players Category:PFC CSKA Moscow players Category:FC Rotor Volgograd players Category:FC Alania Vladikavkaz players Category:FC Saturn Moscow Oblast players Category:FC Rostov players Category:FC Kuban Krasnodar players Category:FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny players Category:FC Krasnodar players Category:People from Vladikavkaz Category:Russian Premier League players

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Eddy Achterberg | image | fullname | dateofbirth 21 February 1947 | cityofbirth Utrecht | countryofbirth Netherlands | dateofdeath | cityofdeath | countryofdeath | height | position Midfielder | years1 ????–1967 | clubs1 FC Utrecht | caps1 | goals1 | years2 1967–1977 | clubs2 FC Twente | caps2 | goals2 | years3 1977–1978 | clubs3 FC Groningen | caps3 | goals3 | manageryears1 1988–1990 | managerclubs1 FC Twente (youth team) | manageryears2 1990–1993 | managerclubs2 FC Twente (assistant) | manageryears3 1993–1996 | managerclubs3 Roda JC (assistant) | manageryears4 1996 | managerclubs4 Roda JC (caretaker) | manageryears5 1996–1998 | managerclubs5 Roda JC (assistant) | manageryears6 1998–2000 | managerclubs6 FC Schalke 04 (assistant) | manageryears7 2000–2002 | managerclubs7 FC Twente (assistant) | manageryears8 2002–2003 | managerclubs8 FC Twente (second team) | manageryears9 2003–2004 | managerclubs9 FC Schalke 04 (assistant) | manageryears10 2004 | managerclubs10 FC Schalke 04 (caretaker) | manageryears11 2004–2005 | managerclubs11 FC Schalke 04 (assistant) | manageryears12 2005–present | managerclubs12 FC Schalke 04 (scout) | currentclub FC Schalke 04 (scout) | pcupdate | ntupdate }}

Eddy Achterberg (born 21 February 1947 in Utrecht) is a retired Dutch football player and coach. As of February 2009, he is a scout with FC Schalke 04.

Career

A professional for fifteen years prior to signing for Dutch side ''DOS'' (the predecessor to FC Utrecht), Eddy Achterberg transferred to FC Twente in 1967, playing 246 games for the Eredivisie club, scoring 26 goals. The midfielder played in 27 UEFA Cup matches for Twente; reaching the semi-final in the 1972/3 season and the final during the 1973/4 season, where the club lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach. After breaking his leg in 1974, he never returned to his previous form, and transferred to FC Groningen in 1977, retiring in 1978.

Following the end of his playing career, he became the representative of a German sportswear manufacturer, and innkeeper. In 1988 he became youth and second team coach, and later co-manager at former club FC Twente. In 1994 he moved to Roda Kerkrade, where he co-managed alongside Huub Stevens. After Stevens moved to FC Schalke 04, Achterberg was briefly promoted to head coach, before following his colleague to the Bundesliga club, with whom he won the UEFA Cup in 1997. Achterberg returned to FC Twente in 2000, becoming co-manager alongside Fred Rutten, winning the KNVB Cup the same season. After a spell as coach of the Twente second team, Achterberg spent a second spell in Gelsenkirchen from 2003 until 2005. Following the dismissal of Jupp Heynckes on 15 September until the appointment of Ralf Rangnick on 28 September 2004, he briefly served as caretaker-manager of the club.

During his time in Enschede, Achterberg's nickname was ''De Keu'', which goes back to ''"het keutje"'', as he was called in Utrecht. In the local dialect, this is another name for "Pig." According to Achterberg: "The name didn't fit me at all, which was the very reason I was given it. My friends would always say to me: Here comes 'de Keu,' the fat pig with the crooked legs."

Achterberg, along with other players and fans of FC Twente, released a song entitled ''"Eenmaal zullen wij de kampioenen zijn"'' (Once we are the Champions) in the successful 1973/4 season, which became the unofficial club song.

References

External links

Twentefans Hall of Fame entry (Dutch)

Fan Profile of Eddy Achterberg

Cv Eddy Achterberg

Europa Cup Eddy Achterberg

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