Sheikh Salman: The Saudi Football Association is a successful continental and international model

Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, President of the Asian Football Confederation, praised the outstanding success of the activities of the Conference of General Secretaries of Local and Regional Federations in Asia, which was held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, with the participation of elite football experts in Asia and the world.

The AFC President expressed his thanks and appreciation to the Saudi Football Association for its efforts to make the conference a success, saying: "We look with appreciation and respect for what the Saudi Federation family, headed by Brother Yasser Al-Mashal, showed of high professionalism and outstanding organizational efficiency to host this continental event, which is not surprising from the Saudi Federation, which is considered Currently, he is one of the most successful models on the continent and internationally, according to the distinguished outputs that keep pace with his career.

 Al Khalifa stressed that the concepts of the strategic work of the Asian Federation gave great importance to the active participation of national and regional football federations in the programs of the Continental Federation, which resulted in positive stability and an upward march for all programs and competitions despite the circumstances of the Covid-19 crisis.

Al Khalifa said, "We have made joint work a priority in football decision-making on the continent, and the conferences and permanent meetings of the executive leaders of the national and regional federations actually express Asian unity in facing challenges, and they are a motive towards embodying the bright future of Asian football, and also enhance the bonds of cooperation, coordination, exchange of experiences and knowledge." On the various experiences and projects, and discussing the reality and the future in a deeper way to reach the goals set on the continent and internationally.”

The AFC President explained that Asian football is going through an important stage in adapting to all global changes at the football level, through continuous bridges of interdependence with the continental and national federations in the world, saying: “We are inspired by the development and development of practical gains by opening channels of communication with everyone, and taking With successful experiences that fit with the reality of Asian football, and this is embodied by the participation of elite athletes and administrators in the global economic and marketing sectors in the annual conference of secretaries-general.”

The AFC Conference was attended by the secretaries-general of the local and regional federations in Asia, and a group of international sports cadres such as Inter Aisal, CEO of the Kleinman Foundation, Wang, Quinn Pat, the co-founder and CEO of the Double Pass Foundation, and Hisham El Amrani, the former Secretary-General of the Confederation of African Football, CEO and founder HIA Sports Management and Consulting, UEFA Council Member and President of the Romanian Football Association Razvan Borliano, Dorian Esterer, CEO, Football Business Academy, AFC Academic Partner, and Marketing Consultant Geoff Wilson, former Director of Marketing and Communications at the Irish Football Association .

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