Sanjeevan Balasingham appointed to FIFPro Asia

Sanjeevan Balasingham has been appointed as General Secretary of FIFPro Asia. His background in football is extensive and was the Director of Legal Services of the Asian Football Confederation and has been a leading executive with the AFC for 7 years. He will work closely with Brendan Schwab, Chairman of FIFPro Asia and will be based in the Professional Footballers Association office in Melbourne, Australia.

The PFA will be hosting the FIFPro Asia Mini-Congress on 20 and 21 October 2007. Delegates from FIFPro, AFC, and Asian/Oceania countries including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China and Singapore will congregate for a two day congress to ensure further development in the player voice continues in the Asia region.