About Division Africa
Division Africa consists of three members: Cameroon, Egypt and South Africa. There are two candidate members, DR Congo and Ivory Coast, and four observers, Botswana, Ghana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. The board of Division Africa is temporarily led by secretary general Stéphane Burchkalter, the three members are David Mayébi (Cameroon), Thulaganyo Gaoshubelwe (Sout Africa) and Magdy Abdel Ghany (Egypt). Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) is honorary president of Division...
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Monday 03 October 2011
Moroccan international Zerouali passed away
Zakaria Zerouali, international player of Morocco, passed away this Monday, confirmed the Moroccan footballers' association AMF. The professional footballer of Raja de Casablanca was suffering from a medicine intoxication.
Friday 16 September 2011
'Image of pampered players needs to change'
FIFPro's secretary general Theo van Seggelen says that an average player's lifestyle is often far removed from the usual image of mansions, fast cars and outrageous weddings. The vast majority are ordinary wage-earners.
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Footballer Alain Kaluyituka held hostage in Qatar
Alain Kaluyituka, the DR Congo international and TP Mazembe player is stuck in Qatar, where he went to see about a possible transfer to Al Ahli. FIFPro Division Africa are demanding that his passport be restored to him.
Tuesday 09 August 2011
Baffoe: ‘I hope players see the need to join us’
The Professional Footballers’ Association of Ghana is one of FIFPro’s candidate members. Secretary general Anthony Baffoe talks about the objectives, achievements and the future of the PFAG.
Tuesday 12 July 2011
Tunisia is now on board: a new players' union
Not so long ago, creating a union in Tunisia looked like mission impossible. But the fall of president Ben Ali, following the jasmine revolution, opened up the doors of democracy, political pluralism and unionization.