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. ZURICH —
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. However, former Argentina and Inter Milan midfielder Cambiasso cautioned in one session that some industry executives “think that if a football player develops his brain, that is a danger.”
“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.” “We do have exceptional lifestyles,” acknowledged Tim Cahill, an advisor to Qatar’s soccer federation and board member at Qatar-owned Belgian second-tier club Eupen.
Gerard Piqué, who did not study on the FIFA or UEFA courses, is implicated in the case of disgraced official Luis Rubiales linked to taking Spanish Super Cup games to Saudi Arabia.