Federico Chiesa is the son of former Italy striker Enrico Chiesa The 19-year-old made his Serie A debut against Juventus on the opening day of the 2016/17 campaign The forward has his sights set on glory with Azzurrini at the FIFA U-20 World Cup The Maldinis, the Vieris, the Abates – a selection of Italian footballing families ... Read More »
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Kiwi joy, Aussie pain on the road to Spain
If the 1982 FIFA World Cup Spain™ qualifying campaign holds a momentous place in the annals of New Zealand football, it has an equally ignominious status for antipodean rivals Australia. In May 1981, Australia held high hopes of repeating their FIFA World Cup qualification feat of some eight years earlier, while fierce adversaries New Zealand had similar aspirations but perhaps ... Read More »
Algeria’s women target African breakthrough
Despite their premature exit from the 2014 CAF Africa Women Cup of Nations, the Algerians performed creditably in Namibia They did not, however, qualify for Cameroon 2016 Hopes of qualifying for the 2018 Cup of Nations in Ghana and the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ are high Algeria’s men’s team made quite an impression at the ... Read More »
When the world welcomed wounded Iraq
Bora Milutinovic, who coached Iraq at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa, is the only man to coach five different countries at the World Cup finals Iraq were crowned champions of Asia in 2007 and made their only appearance at a FIFA World Cup™ in 1986, where they lost all three games Iraq’s journey to ... Read More »
Emily Lima, a pioneer in Brazil’s dugout
Emily Lima started playing football at the age of 13 at Saad, one of the first clubs involved in women’s football in Brazil. The former winger’s career took her to Spain, Portugal and Italy before she was forced to hang up her boots when she was just 29 due to a knee injury. She had never thought about becoming ... Read More »
Spot-kicks, sackings and Allicadabra
‘The Little Witch’ unravels old records in La Plata A young magician cracks new ones in London Axe-wielding at a rapid rate A long streak of domination and an Argentinian legend’s return to the pitch feature in FIFA.com’s latest stats review, along with a new milestone for a prodigy in north London, the end of an impressive spot-kick run, ... Read More »
Brazil and Fortes to the fore
Brazilians dominated the FIFA Ultimate Team regional final in Miami on 19 February The champion, Rafael “Rafifa 13” Fortes, was particularly impressive The prodigy has since signed for Paris Saint-Germain and will be among the main attractions at the FIFA 17 Ultimate Team Championship Final in Berlin The boys from Brazil are making waves, ... Read More »
Mwape blending African, European educations
Zambia winger Mumba Mwape shares how a trans-continent football education has shaped his style He explains how watching the Brazilian Ronaldo and Johan Cruyff on YouTube inspired him Insists the African champions will not be over-awed by the FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017 In spite of still being a fortnight shy of his 19th ... Read More »
Cristiano’s incredible century
Cristiano Ronaldo is the first player to reach a century of goals in European club competition, reaching the incredible milestone against Bayern Munich in the quarter-final of the UEFA Champions League. FIFA.com takes a closer look at the record. King Cristiano’s favourite stageFor Real Madrid, Ronaldo has amassed 82 goals in 84 UEFA Champions League games – quite remarkable figures of close ... Read More »
FIFA President statement
FIFA today released the following statement from President Gianni Infantino: “The thoughts of every one of us at FIFA are with the people of Dortmund, and the fans of both Borussia Dortmund and Monaco following today’s troubling events. “We are closely monitoring the condition of BVB’s Marc Bartra, and wish him a speedy recovery from his injuries. “FIFA condemn ... Read More »
