November 29 – Global players’ union FIFPRO has announced UEFA’s former head of governance and compliance, Alex Phillips, as its new secretary general.
Phillips, one of football’s most influential consultants and administrators, spent 17 years at UEFA, heading up various functions such as Strategic Affairs, Asia-Europe affairs, Professional Football, where he co-created the original Financial Fair Play (FFP) concept, and finally Governance and Compliance.
He also spent four years at the Asian Football Confederation,
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