When Manchester City recruited 15-year-old Benjamín Garré from Argentine club Velez Sarsfield, club president Raul Gámez did not hold back: “Never have I experienced such an immoral act”. Garré joined City from Vélez Sarsfield just after his 16th...
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Iconic British magazine When Saturday Comes – which for many years has covered aspects of football around the world that are neglected elsewhere in the media – focuses on the work of Mission 89 and the issue of trafficking players...
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Mission 89 is honored to support the work of photographer Jason Andrew and his ‘Black Diamonds’ project. Jason has an installation based on ‘Black Diamonds’ at the Spring/Break Art Show in New York City from March 6 to...
Learn moreSocial Media Internship/Volunteer The Social Media Intern is responsible for coordinating and executing the company’s social media strategy, working across key social media channels including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn and the organisation’s...
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In the second part of our interview with photographer Jason Andrew on his “Black Diamonds” project, he reveals some of the personal struggles the players went through and the complex nature of the international movement of young players –...
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Allegations against Chelsea Football Club that it has broken FIFA rules by allegedly signing 25 foreign players under the age of 18 must be taken seriously, according to Mission 89. The report, published in The Guardian, reveals an investigation...
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Photographer Jason Andrew grew up in California, USA, and taught at an elementary school for four years before studying photography. He has since been published in Time, the Financial Times, the New Yorker, and the British Journal of Photography...
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The Guardian announced Manchester United’s Juan Mata is the newspaper’s 2017 Footballer of the Year – an award that Mission 89 considers an excellent choice. Mata made news in 2017 for his work with the Common Goal project that...
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Thank you for your support in 2017 and we look forward to an exciting and productive 2018.
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