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Join the FIFPRO Health Surveillance Programme

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26/01/2021
Both during and after a career in professional football, players are likely to struggle with their health. Therefore, FIFPRO starts with a unique health surveillance programme in order to monitor the health (mental, joints, brain, heart) of male and female professional footballers over their pre- and post-retirement years (in total 10 years).
You can find further information about FIFPRO health surveillance programme in the following video:
We are looking for:
Male professional footballers
Age: 24 - 30 years
Fluent in English or French
Female professional footballers
Age: 22 – 28 years
Fluent in English or French
FURTHER INFORMATION
If you want to receive more information about FIFPRO health surveillance programme, please contact Dr. Gouttebarge (v.gouttebarge@fifpro.org; +31621547499).
Dr. Gouttebarge is a former professional footballer (France & The Netherlands) who is nowadays working as Chief Medical Officer at FIFPRO and Professor at Amsterdam UMC.
We investigate the short- and long-term impact of professional football on player health so we can protect them and improve regulations
