UTD Unscripted: Wielding the power of football
I’ve been very lucky to play for big clubs. To be a Manchester United player, to win trophies. But one day your career is over and it all goes.
For those of you who don’t know, the idea is simple: everybody who signs up donates one percent of their wage, with all the proceeds going to global football initiatives which benefit disadvantaged children.
"Why am I so passionate about it? Why do I use my time for it? That’s what my girlfriend says to me! Because something like this needs to be done."
"We received an email from somebody claiming to be Giorgio Chiellini, saying he wanted to join. It was difficult for us to believe! We did a FaceTime call the next morning and there he was!"
Probably, women are braver than us men in some aspects. I think that because they are in an unfair situation in football, probably they feel more like fighting for what’s right; for causes like this that try to promote equality and globality, and help the people that are not in a privileged position.
I think that’s why we have so many female members. They don’t have massive salaries, but they still do it. That shows that they are really involved in our movement, and I’m really happy with them being with us.
"It is very important also to highlight the amount of females that we have in the movement, which is almost 50 per cent. That speaks very well about women."
"Give people a ball to play with and tell them that this sport they are playing right now is probably the biggest force that we have in the world to unite people."