IN THIS ISSUE

Round table: "Football: An instrument in the fight against racism?"

CIES publishes its third governance research project focusing on professional players and the labour-management relationship in world football

Milano welcomes the FIFA Master class

Squad recruitment cost: Manchester City breaks its own record

The FIFA/CIES Executive Programme and the FIFA Master changed my career

What’s new at the CIES? Discover the International Centre for Sports Studies Weekly Media Review

FIFA Master Alumni – Where are they now? Federico Raviglione

OTHER NEWS

Exclusive CIES Football Observatory transfer market analysis

FIFA/CIES University Network Prize: The Jury has decided

FIFA Master Alumni – Where are they now? Nadia Wu

AND MORE

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

Vidéos - Why you should choose the FIFA Master?

CIES Highlights No 58, January 2018

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In an attempt to answer this question of fundamental importance for contemporary football, an exceptional round table will be organized on 22 March 2018 in Neuchâtel by the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES), in collaboration with the Department of Multicultural Cohesion and the Forum ‘All different all equal’. This event is part of the Neuchâtel Action Week against Racism, which runs from 18th to 30th March 2018.

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Tallec Marston, Kevin, Boillat, Camille and Roitman, Fernando. Governance relationships in football between management and labour – Players, Clubs, Leagues and National Associations. Neuchâtel: CIES, 2017. Pp. 176.

Building on the two prior governance studies, CIES has just released the third FIFA-mandated research analysing governance relationships in football, this time with a focus on the relationships between football’s employers (clubs, leagues and even NAs in some rare cases) and its labour force (the players).

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Picture: FIFA Master 18th edition at Vero Volley, Italy

After a three-week winter break, Milan has welcomed us with a warm winter!

We were excited to move to the city of sport and fashion and looked forward to starting the Management Module at the SDA Bocconi School of Management. Our 10-week module started with Sport Leadership & Organization classes held by Professor Ruta.

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No club in football history has invested as much money in transfer indemnities to assemble the squad than Manchester City presently. Despite the loan of Mangala to Everton, the expensive signing of Laporte brought the total squad recruitment cost to a record high of €878 M. The data for all big-5 league teams is available in issue number 214 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post.

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Picture: Sara Panizo

In 2017, Sara Panizo, who hails from Spain, started a new career at FIFA headquarters, on the heights of the Zürichberg. After months of hard work, she takes a look at her professional activities and the steps that led her to the “Home of FIFA".

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The International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) is pleased to offer to our website users a new Weekly Media Review displaying information and news content related to our global activities. Each week discover a selection of articles, posts and audio-visual stories collected from across various media sources worldwide, and all showcasing the daily work of the CIES.  

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Picture: Federico Raviglione at World Football Summit in Madrid 

Current Position: Project Officer – President’s Office at the FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)

Year of graduation: 2012 (12th edition)

Nationality: Italy & USA

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