FIFPRO
Worldwide organization representing professional football players
The Fédération Internationale des Associations de Footballeurs Professionnels (transl. International Federation of Professional Footballers), generally referred to as FIFPRO, is the worldwide representative organisation for 70,000 professional footballers. FIFPRO, with its global headquarters in Hoofddorp, Netherlands, is made up of 70 national players' associations. In addition, there are four candidate members.
History
On 15 December 1965, representatives of the French, Scottish, English, Italian and Dutch players' associations met in Paris, with the objective of setting up an international federation for footballers. In the second half of June 1966, the first FIFPRO congress took place in London, just before the start of the 1966 FIFA World Cup. The articles of association of FIFPRO were thereby adopted and the objectives accurately laid down. FIFPRO was responsible for increasing the solidarity between professional footballers and players' associations.
It was originally laid down that a congress would be held once every four years at a minimum. The latest congress was in Uruguay in October 2022.
FIFPRO has grown from a European organisation into a global network and has done much to support countries on other continents – Asia/Oceania, Africa, and North, Central and South America – in their efforts to set up players' associations.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “FIFPRO” is worldwide organization representing professional football players. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through FIFPRO, Worldwide and organization, not as a finished interpretation.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1137250. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1965, 1966 and 2022.
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