IN THIS ISSUE

FIFA Master 16th edition: application deadline over!

Top transfer values: Messi outranks Ronaldo and Hazard

Winners of the 2015 FIFA/CIES Network Prize

CIES Football Observatory: first monthly report

FIFA Master: reflections on the end of the Leicester module

OTHER NEWS

Why not recruit one of our FIFA Master postgraduates?

Tokyo: second edition of joint CIES and Dentsu Asian Football Management Seminar

CIES Football Observatory: approach for long-term success

AND MORE

CIES social media pages and links

CIES Highlights No 23, December 2014

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The application deadline for the 16th Edition (2015-2016) of the FIFA Master - ranked n°1 Sports Management Master in the World (2014) by Sport Business International Magazine - is now over

The CIES is proud to be able to announce that a record number of applications have been opened on our FIFA Master on-line application platform for the 16th edition.

The application process for the 16th Edition (2015-2016) of the FIFA Master is now closed. Submitted applications will now be carefully reviewed by the Scientific Committee. The full selection process will take between 3-4 months.

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Big-5 Weekly Post No.93

The CIES Football Observatory is happy to disclose the list of the 120 big-5 league players with the highest transfer value. At the top of the table is Lionel Messi.

The Argentinean prodigy outranks Cristian Ronaldo and Eden Hazard. The full list is available in issue number 93 of the Big-5 Weekly Post.

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Winners of the Network Prize 2014 at FIFA Headquarters

During a meeting held on 12 January 2015 at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, an international jury consisting of representatives from FIFA, CIES and academia awarded the 2015 FIFA/CIES International University Network Prize to three students from the Universidad Metropolitana (UNIMET) in Caracas (Venezuela).

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CIES Football Observatory: First Monthly Report

The CIES Football Observatory is happy to disclose its first Monthly Report. This online publication is freely accessible from our website.

The first issue deals with the reasons and consequences of club instability at European level. As also shown in our Digital Atlas, the percentage of new signings among squad members has never been as high as during the current season: 41.5%.

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FIFA Master 15th edition at De Montfort University, Leicester

Looking back to when I met my classmates for the first time at Heathrow Airport, I can assuredly say that I had no idea what we were about to experience. Regardless of the thoroughness of the introductions and orientations, we couldn't have anticipated how much we were going to mature and experience in the short three months we spent in Leicester.

Speaking personally, I emerged from the first module a different person than I entered. In a way, the subjects covered in the sub-modules reflect our personal development along the way as well: birth of modern sport in England, professionalization of sport, internationalization, and finally research methods. 

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