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The days of him leaving thousands of fans watching on in suspense with sudden plays are long gone. However, his character hasn\u2019t changed: he has a desire to work hard, a sense of responsibility, and a profound awareness.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first thing to do is listen to the needs of the people \u2014 a pause \u2014 then, you need to think before doing anything. Too many people want to act immediately, but you need to understand first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After so many years of worldwide activities in communities and cultures that differ greatly from ours, these are words that we fully agree with. He tells us how, in 2012, the Inter Campus project came to New York, following a long walk with our President through the city streets. He was a world champion and Inter Campus had just made one of its first appearances at the United Nations. There would be many more.   <\/p>\n<p>All of these experiences have helped him develop on a personal level and create an innovative strategy that will serve as a basis for the FIFA Foundation for years to come. The aim is to help those in need, to collaborate, to support the social initiatives undertaken by clubs and to involve players more regularly, all the while focusing on future generations in particular. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re ready, and happy to have in Youri \u2014 as we have for a long time \u2014 as well as in the FIFA Foundation, an extra friend with whom to build the future for many children throughout the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a world champion with France to the CEO of the FIFA Foundation, with the Inter Campus adventure in New York in between<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[207],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"sottotitolo":"From a world champion with France to the CEO of the FIFA Foundation, with the Inter Campus adventure in New York in between","bandiera":19198,"galleria":[],"carosello_immagini":[],"video url nazione":"","Url nazione":"","link_nazione":null,"link_bandiera_nazione":"http:\/\/wearethecampus.org\/iniziative-speciali\/","nome_paese":"SPECIAL INITIATIVES","bandiera_paese":19198},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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