FAO Digital Media Hub - Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros, Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL).

(From left): Roberto Baggio, Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros, Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL), FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf.

Group photo of the European Professional Football League and FAO.

Former Italian football star and FAO Goodwill Ambassador Roberto Baggio.

Orlando Carvallo, Director of the Executive Committee, Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Professional (Portugal), attending the presentation of the Football Against Hunger campaign at FAO headquarters.

Jaime Lissavetzky Diez, Secretary of State for Sport of Spain, at the presentation of Football Against Hunger campaign at FAO headquarters.

Former Italian football star and FAO Goodwill Ambassador Roberto Baggio signing T-shirt.

Italian football legend Roberto Baggio signing a ball with Mr Sidaty Aidara, Director, KCIW.

Italian football legend Roberto Baggio signs a ball with H.E. Rocco Crimi, Under-Secretary in charge of Sport, Italy.

Antonio Matarrese, President, Lega Nazionale Professionisti and Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Italy) during the presentation of Football Against Hunger campaign at FAO headquarters.

Former Italian football world champion Dino Zoff.

Former Italian football star and FAO Goodwill Ambassador Roberto Baggio.

Jose Luis Astiazaran, President. Liga Nacional de Futbol Profesional, Spain.

Former Italian football star and FAO Goodwill Ambassador Roberto Baggio.

Italian football legend Roberto Baggio signs a ball with H.E. Rocco Crimi, Under-Secretary in charge of Sport, Italy.

Roberto Baggio, Italian football legend and FAO Goodwill Ambassador, arriving at FAO headquarters for World Food Day events.

Stavros Douvis, Secretary General of Sport, Greece, at the presentation of the Football Against Hunger campaign at FAO headquarters.

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Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros, Chief Executive Officer, Association of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL).

Rome, 15 October 2008 - The European Professional Football Leagues and FAO launched a campaign to raise funds and awareness about the increasingly critical problem of world hunger. The campaign, known as Professional Football Against Hunger, was launched at FAO headquarters in the presence of Italian former football star and FAO Goodwill Ambassador Roberto Baggio together with other famous names in European football. The ceremony was attended by Ministers of Sport from Austria, Italy, Spain and representatives from seven Members of the European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL). The campaign, which represents an important milestone in the involvement of professional football in the global fight against hunger and poverty, will include the twenty-eight Member Leagues and Associate Members of EPFL, representing more than 960 professional football clubs across Europe. Proceeds from the campaign will be used to finance micro-projects in developing countries. Currently some 2 600 such projects are underway in 130 countries. Also attending the ceremony were former Italian football world champion Dino Zoff, former Portuguese team captain Fernando Couto and FAO Goodwill Ambassador Justine Pasek, Ms Universe 2002, of Panama.

10/15/2008

Location Rome

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