Player health and well-being are essential to the success and development of football at every level.
FIFA Medical’s mission is to improve player health globally by setting standards in clinical care and governance, building a worldwide football medicine community, conducting and facilitating impactful research and education, and promoting equity and diversity in access to football medicine knowledge.
To achieve our mission, FIFA collaborates closely with the 211 Member Associations, the confederations and a wide range of external stakeholders. Building on the commitment that FIFA has shown since 2016 to reconnect with the beautiful game and strengthen its role within it, a medical strategy has been developed which aims to deepen the engagement of world football’s governing body in safeguarding player welfare and taking on an expanded role in promoting health and well-being across all levels of the sport.
To guide direction, FIFA has established the 11 health and medical strategic objectives that are laid out in the strategy document linked below.