IN THIS ISSUE

Influential SportBusiness Rankings Name the FIFA Master as Top in Europe for the Eleventh Time in New Global Survey of Graduates

International Monthly Review #50 September 2023

FIFA Master Alumni - Where are they now? - Solomon Mudege

OTHER NEWS

CIES webinars: Let’s Connect and Think Together

Net transfer spending: winners and losers

The hundred youngsters most ready for a top club

AND MORE

Interviews - Where are they now? Meet some of our alumni and discover their career path after graduation 

Videos - Learn more about CIES by subscribing to our YouTube channel

CIES Highlights, No 124, August 2023 

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On Monday 18th September 2023, the students of the 24th edition of the FIFA Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport were welcomed to the start of a new academic year by CIES Director and International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board Member, Prof. Denis Oswald, during a special opening ceremony held at De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester, UK.

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The winners of the FIFA/CIES International University Network Award had the opportunity to visit the Home of Football on Thursday 14 September to receive their diplomas for six months of hard work from FIFA Senior Football Expert – and former Swiss international Goalkeeper - Pascal Zuberbühler.

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The 430th edition of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the top 100 teams in the world having invested the most on transfer fees (including add-ons regardless of effective payment) to recruit players currently in their squad. Four teams head the list with investments of at least one billion euros: three English clubs (Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City) and one French (Paris St-Germain).

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Issue number 431 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post ranks 70 leagues around the world according to the average duration of matches during the current or last completed season (Wyscout data). The overall average is 100’15’’, with a maximum of over 106’ in the top two Saudi competition levels.

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Solomon Mudege

Current Position: FIFA Head of Development Programmes – Africa

Year of graduation: 2010 (10th edition)

Nationality: Zimbabwean

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