The Puerto Rican Football Federation (FPF) has opened a new youth and technical development centre on the island with the help of USD 584,000 in FIFA Forward funding. The Centro de Formación y Desarrollo del Técnico del Oeste located in Añasco municipality in the west of Puerto Rico provides elite …
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In an exciting milestone for football in Panama, the senior men’s national team were able to complete their pre-tournament preparations for the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup within the newly refurbished Virgilio Tejeira training complex. This was the first time that the team had the opportunity to make use of the …
Read More »Over the past seven years, hundreds of football development projects have been completed around the world, from Tahiti to Dominica and Iceland to Lesotho, as part of the FIFA Forward Development programme which was introduced shortly after Gianni Infantino was elected FIFA President in 2016. Based on the principle that …
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FIFA and the Japan Football Association (JFA) – with particular thanks to FIFA Council Member and Japan Football Association (JFA) President Kozho Tashima – hosted a four-day workshop in Tokyo for East Asian MAs, with the primary objective geared towards how the FIFA Forward Programme can support them to grow …
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FIFA has just held two Forward 3.0 Programme workshops for member associations in South America and Spanish-speaking nations in the CONCACAF zone. Ecuador hosted the CONMEBOL workshop on 11 and 12 May and Panama the other on May 15/16. Both events began with a welcome message from FIFA President Gianni …
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“Before it became a career, I just played football for fun. Farming was my main job. I had to finish work on the farm before I could go and play football. The only goal I had in life was to have my own farm.” Reported in the Nigerian press, those …
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Football in West Asia is enjoying an unprecedented level of growth. 2022 The FIFA World Cup – Qatar undoubtedly energised the game in the region like never before. Sandwiched either side of world football’s premier tournament, the region is also the host for the continent’s elite in the shape of …
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When Mongolia’s U-17 women’s national team entertained Hong Kong at home in a friendly international last Thursday, the hosts knew the game would go down in the nation’s football history. It was the first-ever international match in their newly-constructed Air Dome. With the wind whistling and land covered in snow, …
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As the VFF (Vietnam Football Federation) concluded the successful hosting of the latest FIFA Forward 3.0 regional workshop last week in Ho Chi Minh City, the host member association could also bask in the glow of another recent success: the renovation of players’ dormitories at the Vietnam Youth Football Training …
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Representatives of FIFA’s twelve ASEAN Member Associations (MA) gathered in Ho Chi Minh City last week for a regional FIFA Forward 3.0 workshop, the latest in a global series. “As part of our cross-Divisional approach, we invited our colleagues from the FIFA Member Associations Division, Women´s Football, Integrity, Global Football …
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