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Common Goal (charity)

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Common Goal
Founded4 August 2017; 7 years ago (2017-08-04)[1]
Founders
TypeFundraising
Legal statusActive
Focus"We’re uniting the world of professional footballers behind a shared commitment to give back to society."[3]
Websitewww.common-goal.org

Common Goal is a pledge-based charitable movement by streetfootballworld for the football industry, which was launched with the public support of Spanish footballer Juan Mata.[4]

The movement encourages professional football players and coaches to pledge at least one percent of their salaries to a collective fund that supports football charities around the world.[5] According to founder Jürgen Griesbeck, the movement was created to build a sustainable and lasting connection between the football industry and social change.[6]

The movement was launched on 4 August 2017, with Mata announcing his intention to make the pledge via an article in The Player's Tribune. He then urged his fellow footballers to join him, claiming that Common Goal is the most effective and sustainable way that football can deliver long-term social impact on a global scale.[7]

History

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On 29 November 2017, UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin became the first football leader to join Common Goal. Čeferin stated he believed that football has the power to change the world and he was inspired by Juan Mata to join this movement. He also called on his fellow football players, coaches, clubs and leagues to show if they care about social responsibility.[8]

On 18 January 2018, Asian Football Confederation executive committee member Moya Dodd joined Common Goal to take on a role as the management committee of the movement, working to allocate money to various football programs across the globe.[citation needed]

On 21 May 2018, FC Nordsjælland became the first football club to join Common Goal. The club's CEO, Søren Kristensen, said that the club would like to make a difference to others through football, whether it be regarding gender equality or developing young people and football players.[9] Additionally, the entire ten-member management, club chairman and backroom staff pledged one percent of their salary, and all player and administrative staff contracts include the same pledge with the option to opt-out.[citation needed]

On 30 August 2018, Banco Santander became the first sponsor of the UEFA Champions League to support Common Goal and to work together over the following three years to use football to support financial inclusion.[10][11]

On 5 October 2018, it was announced that, as part of a partnership with EA Sports, FIFA 19 would feature Common Goal as part of "The Journey", a game mode in which players take control of fictional character Alex Hunter, affording players the chance for Hunter to join the movement during the character's rise through the professional game.[12] EA Sports also donated $200,000 in support of the movement and its capacity to drive progress towards achieving the UN Global Goals with the aid of football.[13]

On 17 January 2019, the Manchester United Supporters' Trust (MUST) became the first supporters' trust in the world to make the pledge to Common Goal, announcing that MUST members will donate 1% of their membership fees to the charity and helping to promote Common Goal to the wider global Manchester United supporter base, and through other fan organisations.[14]

In May 2019, Australian women's players Aivi Luik and Alex Chidiac became the 99th and 100th players to join Common Goal, equaling the ratio of men and women.[15]

On 23 September 2019, Jürgen Klopp became the first Premier League coach to join Common Goal. He made the announcement during his speech as he collected the Men's Coach of the Year prize at the Best FIFA Football Awards in Milan, Italy.[16][17]

Notable Players and Managers

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Name[a] Nationality Joined On Source
Juan Mata  Spain 4 August 2017 [26]
Mats Hummels  Germany 17 August 2017
Megan Rapinoe  United States 14 September 2017
Alex Morgan  United States
Giorgio Chiellini  Italy 29 September 2017
Serge Gnabry  Germany 5 October 2017
Dennis Aogo  Germany 9 October 2017
Alex Brosque  Australia 13 October 2017
Julian Nagelsmann  Germany
Jacek Nibliecky  Poland
Hasan Ali Kaldırım  Turkey 19 October 2017
Charlie Daniels  England 20 October 2017
Alfie Mawson  England
Olga García  Spain 23 October 2017
Verónica Boquete  Spain
Pauline Bremer  Germany
Heather O'Reilly  United States
Jean Sseninde  Uganda
Nicole Regnier  Colombia
Shinji Kagawa  Japan 26 October 2017
Duncan Watmore  England 9 November 2017
Chris Wondolowski  United States 12 November 2017
Alexander Esswein  Germany 15 November 2017
Daniel Didavi  Germany 22 November 2017
Bruno Saltor  Spain 23 November 2017
Ana Cate  Nicaragua 24 November 2017
Bokang Mothoana  Lesotho 25 November 2017
Giuliano Modica  Argentina 26 November 2017
Borja Lasso  Spain 27 November 2017
Alberto Prada  Spain
Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson  Iceland 28 November 2017
David Accam  Ghana
Aleksander Čeferin  Slovenia 29 November 2017
Tessel Middag  Netherlands 5 December 2017
Kasper Schmeichel  Denmark 7 December 2017
Irene Paredes  Spain 26 December 2017
Moya Dodd  Australia 18 January 2018
Sofie Junge Pedersen  Denmark 15 March 2018
Kasper Hjulmand  Denmark
William Troost-Ekong  Nigeria 26 March 2018
Ainhoa Tirapu  Spain 12 April 2018
David Lombán  Spain
Cristian Portilla  Spain
Siobhan Chamberlain  England 1 July 2018
Isaac Christie-Davies  Wales
Mads Valentin Pedersen  Denmark 13 July 2018
Frederik Schram  Iceland 1 August 2018
José Pedrosa Galán  Spain 26 August 2018
Jens Bauer  Germany 5 September 2018
Haley Carter  United States
Hernán Pérez  Spain
Jane Ross  Scotland 26 September 2018
Michael Bittner  Germany 28 September 2018
Eric Cantona  France 12 October 2018
Liv Cooke  England 16 October 2018
Luis Manuel Seijas  Venezuela 7 November 2018
Tim Parker  United States 13 November 2018
Tabea Kemme  Germany 15 November 2018
Casey Stoney  England 22 November 2018
Mayara Bordin  Brazil 29 November 2018
Dominika Čonč  Slovenia 30 November 2018
Leila Ouahabi  Spain 1 December 2018
Claudia Zornoza  Spain 2 December 2018
Tatiana Pinto  Portugal 3 December 2018
Nataša Andonova  North Macedonia 4 December 2018
Méline Gérard  France 5 December 2018
Brenda Pérez  Spain 7 December 2018
Martina Piemonte  Italy 9 December 2018
Esther González  Spain 10 December 2018
Nayeli Rangel  Mexico 12 December 2018
Leon Balogun  Nigeria 18 December 2018
Johnathan McKinstry  Northern Ireland 20 December 2018
Olav Øby  Norway 24 January 2019
Denis Jercic  Croatia 29 January 2019
Vinksy  France 1 February 2019
Godsway Donyoh  Ghana 20 February 2019
Marco Micaletto  Italy 22 February 2019
Erin McLeod  Canada 27 February 2019
Ildefons Lima  Andorra 7 March 2019
Flemming Pedersen  Denmark 26 March 2019
Gideon Mensah  Ghana 28 March 2019
Maxwell Woledzi  Ghana
Ella Masar  United States 8 April 2019
Gorka Etxeberria  Spain 6 May 2019
Jakub Fulnek  Czech Republic 10 May 2019
Christie Murray  Scotland 15 May 2019
Sophie Howard  Scotland
Victor Nelsson  Denmark 18 May 2019
Adriana Leon  Canada 21 May 2019
Christine Sinclair  Canada
Desiree Scott  Canada
Janine Beckie  Canada
Jenna Hellstrom  Canada
Jordyn Huitema  Canada
Kadeisha Buchanan  Canada
Lindsay Agnew  Canada
Quinn  Canada
Robyn Gayle  Canada
Sabrina D'Angelo  Canada
Shannon Woeller  Canada
Shelina Zadorsky  Canada
Stephanie Labbé  Canada
Aivi Luik  Australia 30 May 2019
Alex Chidiac  Australia
Onome Ebi  Nigeria 6 June 2019
Mary Mwakapila  Zambia 27 June 2019
Barbra Banda  Zambia
Alfonso de la Cruz  Spain 3 July 2019
Johanna Omolo  Kenya 19 July 2019
Diego Bardanca  Spain 26 July 2019
Robbie Crawford  Scotland
Pernille Harder  Denmark 7 August 2019
Magdalena Eriksson  Sweden
Julia Simic  Germany 2 September 2019
Isabella Echeverri  Colombia 5 September 2019
Natalia Gaitán  Colombia
Maria Pry  Spain 9 September 2019
Sonia Bermúdez  Spain
Paloma Fernández Rodríguez  Spain
Damaris Egurrola  Spain
Jürgen Klopp  Germany 23 September 2019
Lenie Onzia  Belgium 27 September 2019
Johnny McKinstry  Northern Ireland 2 October 2019
Maximiliane Rall  Germany 18 October 2019
Arianna Criscione  United States 29 October 2019
Umut Nayir  Turkey 31 October 2019
Bendik Rise  Norway 1 November 2019
Simon Jakobsen  Denmark
Eniola Aluko  England 5 November 2019
Kathrine Larsen  Denmark 7 November 2019
Juan Carlos Amoros  Spain 14 November 2019
Hannah Godfrey  Scotland
Siri Worm  Netherlands
Bianca Rech  Germany 15 November 2019
Sabrina Buljubašić  Bosnia and Herzegovina 19 November 2019
Bianca Sierra  Mexico 22 November 2019
Stephany Mayor  Mexico
Chris Butcher  England 12 December 2019
Aida Gaistenova  Kazakhstan 18 December 2019
Umut Nayir  Turkey 19 December 2019
Alice McKeegan  England 20 December 2019
Jérémy Guillemenot  Switzerland 15 January 2020
Xaver Schlager  Austria 24 April 2020
Ryan Porteous  Scotland 21 October 2020
Cyriel Dessers  Nigeria 20 November 2020 [27]
Lisa Evans  Scotland 4 November 2021 [28]
Vivianne Miedema  Netherlands
Maya Le Tissier  England May 2022

Note

Businesses

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Name Nationality Joined On Source
World Football Summit  Spain 15 September 2017 [26]
The Fussball Project  United States 27 October 2017
Donosti Cup  Spain 29 November 2017
11 Players  Canada 10 December 2017
Kampoos  Spain 18 December 2017
FC Nordsjælland  Denmark 21 May 2018
MUSC Hongkong  Hong Kong 11 July 2018
EFF Rosalía  Spain 31 October 2018
WARUBI Sports  United States 27 December 2018
Manchester United Supporters' Trust  United Kingdom 17 January 2019
Pinatar Arena  Spain 20 March 2019
A.D. Calasanz Pozuelo  Spain 5 November 2019
Aficiones Unidas  Spain
Butcher Kennedy  Spain
Colonial Soccer Club  United States
Goal Click  United Kingdom
The Goal Hanger  United Kingdom
Mixed Bag United  Ireland
New Entertainment Order  Australia
Prosper Era  United Kingdom
Red Box Productions  United Kingdom
SAM Sports  Germany
Spielerrat  Germany
University Soccer  United States
Oakland Roots SC  United States
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References

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  1. ^ "A Common Goal". The Players' Tribune. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "100 DAYS OF COMMON GOAL". streetfootballworld.org. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Man Utd star Juan Mata to donate one per cent of salary to Common Goal charity". Express. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  4. ^ "WHAT IS COMMON GOAL? JUAN MATA'S NEW CHARITABLE INITIATIVE EXPLAINED". Goal. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  5. ^ "OUR COMMON GOAL". streetfootballworld.org. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Juan Mata's Common Goal and the ambitious plans to change football". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  7. ^ "A Common Goal | By Juan Mata". The Players' Tribune. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  8. ^ a b "UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin joins Juan Mata's Common Goal charity project". Independent. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  9. ^ "FC Nordsjaelland become first club to join Common Goal movement, donating 1% of all salaries to good causes". Independent. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Santander signs Ronaldo as global ambassador for their UEFA Champions League sponsorship". Banco Santander (via SlideShare). 30 August 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  11. ^ "Common Goal is partnering with @bancosantander over the next three years in conjunction with them becoming a sponsor of the @UEFA #ChampionsLeague. Let's get to work". Common Goal official Twitter. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  12. ^ "FIFA 19's Alex Hunter joins Common Goal as part of partnership with EA Sports". Goal. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  13. ^ "Alex Hunter, star of EA's FIFA19, joins Common Goal". Medium. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  14. ^ "M.U.S.T leads the way as the first supporters trust to make the pledge to Common Goal". M.U.S.T. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Mata's 'Common Goal' movement reaches 100 signatories". Reuters. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Common Goal: Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp makes 1% salary pledge". BBC Sport. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  17. ^ "Jürgen Klopp join Common Goal". Medium. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  18. ^ "DIY". The Players' Tribune. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  19. ^ Common Goal (6 May 2019). "Today we are pleased to announce that Gorka Etxeberria, Director of Football for Spanish side Unionistas de Salamanca CF, has decided to take the Common Goal pledge!". Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  20. ^ Common Goal (15 November 2019). ""I have felt so privileged throughout my whole football career and now it's time to give something back." Welcome to our newest supporter, @FCBfrauen Sporting Director @jayjayrech33 👊". Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  21. ^ Common Goal (19 November 2019). ""Football connects us all. I hope my decision will inspire others to join and lead more people from the CEE region to support development through football." 🙌 We're delighted to welcome our latest supporter, @FK_Sarajevo CEO Sabrina Buljubašić". Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  22. ^ Common Goal (12 December 2019). "A new generation of football agent? – Common Goal". Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  23. ^ Football4Good Magazine (20 December 2019). "Why I Joined Common Goal". Retrieved 22 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ Common Goal (28 September 2018). "Please give a very warm welcome to @MegaBit98 from @werderesports, the first esports professional to join #CommonGoal. Welcome to the team, Michael!". Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  25. ^ Common Goal (1 February 2019). "Bienvenue to @viinsky360 as he becomes the first YouTuber to take the pledge! Vinksy wants to use his social channels to grow the movement and improve the world through the power of football. Listen to what he had to say about joining the cause. #PeaceandGame". Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  26. ^ a b Common Goal. "Common Goal Members". Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  27. ^ "Ryan Porteous: Hibs defender makes salary pledge for gender equality". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  28. ^ Wrack, Suzanne (4 November 2021). "'Time for action is now' – Miedema and Evans join Common Goal movement". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 November 2021.