Aganzo: “More than ever the footballer is at the center of the scene”

The new president of the International Federation of Professional Footballers (FIFPro), the Spanish David Aganzo, affirmed that the player is “in the center of the scene more than ever” at the closing of the General Assembly of said body held in Paris, and in which he was elected as the head of the union.

During this assembly, the FIFPro Executive Committee, which, from now on, will be a more diverse and strong organ for the benefit of more than 60,000 footballers who are part of the international union through its 66 member associations.

The new Executive Committee is made up of, apart from David aganzo, Kathryn Gill (Australia), Dear Christ (Bulgaria), Geremi Njitap (Cameroon), Camila garcia (Chile), Carlos González Puche (Colombia), Alejandro Sequeira (Costa Rica), Bobby Barnes (England), Khadija Timera (Gabon), Karin Sendel (Israel), Damiano Tommasi (Italy), Izham Ismail | (Malaysia), Louis Everard (Netherlands), Fernando Revilla placeholder image (Peru), Dejan Stefanovic (Slovenia), Caroline Jönsson (Sweden), Lucien Valloni (Switzerland) and David Terrier (France).

In the farewell speech to the FIFPro General Assembly, David Aganzo highlighted the “commitment, enthusiasm and dedication of all associations with the group of footballers”. “At all times, with the aim of defending a common cause that unites us all, the duty and obligation to take care of our players, because without footballers, there is no football, something that I will not tire of repeating” , he pointed.

“Thank you for the trust you have placed in me, the love and support that you have given me since I was elected as the new president. This assembly has been very enriching and FIFPro comes out clearly strengthened to face the future with much more strength. The objective has always been that all footballers and footballers, of all conditions, had representation in this new Executive Committee, something that is fully guaranteed “he commented.

In this sense, he valued that “more than ever the figure of the footballer is at the center of the scene, so that during the next few years FIFPro’s work must acquire a new dimension, be even more important and relevant”. “Footballers from all over the world trust us and we cannot disappoint them. More than ever we must rise to the occasion,” he stressed.