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Aleksander Ceferin to support player-led movement aimed at uniting the football industry behind a shared vision to give back. #CommonGoal

Following on from the UEFA President, Juan Mata added: “I deeply thank Aleksander for the trust he puts in Common Goal and I can only applaud his gesture and agree with his strong conviction that football can help shape a better world. He is the first football leader to join our cause and I truly hope that many will follow his example.”

 

(L-R) UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, Manchester United’s Juan Mata of the Common Goal campaign and Jurgen Griesbeck, Common Goal Co-founder and CEO of StreetFootballWorld (Photo by Harold Cunningham – UEFA)

 

Jürgen Griesbeck, founder of streetfootballworld, concluded: “Football aligned behind a shared vision for good can be incredibly impactful. If everyone gets behind Common Goal, in one way or another, we could change the lives of tens of millions of people across the globe, thanks to a common passion for the game.”

 

Common Goal is the creation of streetfootballworld, an NGO which has developed a global network of more than 120 local charities that use football as a tool to tackle social issues ranging from gender equality in India to peace building in Colombia and refugee integration in Germany.

 

To date more than thirty players – including Mats Hummels, Giorgio Chiellini, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Vero Boquete, Serge Gnabry and Shinji Kagawa – as well as coach Julian Nagelsmann – have already publicly announced their support for the movement over the last few weeks.

 

Underlining the UEFA President’s commitment to sport aiding society, this week he was also elected as President of the UEFA Foundation for Children. The foundation, established in 2015, aims to help children and safeguard their rights.