Como coach and minority investor Cesc Fàbregas attends the FIFA Diploma in Club Management 2024 at the Home of FIFA on May 27, 2024 in Zurich, Switzerland. World Cup and Champions League winners have been learning about the soccer industry this week at FIFA alongside club founders and front office leaders. Behind Fabregas is Angel City president Julie Uhrman.
Now in its third edition, the FIFA course aims to give former stars a pathway to careers off the field and better educate soccer industry executives about the players’ perspective. “There are many of us that are capable of doing it and we have shown we are capable,” Wise said. “You are never too old to continue to learn.”This generation of newly-retired international players typically acquired enough wealth to have serious investment options and no need to work again. Mata has a stake in Formula One team Alpine.