Soccerex
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The Global Leader for the Business of Football
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| Industry | Sport Industry |
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| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Power Road Studios, Chiswick, London, United Kingdom |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Duncan Revie (CEO) Rita Whelan (COO) Tony Martin (Chairman) |
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Number of employees
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29 |
| Website | Official website |
Soccerex is an organisation that runs events for the association football industry, based in Chiswick, London.[1]
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Foundation
The company was founded in 1995 by current CEO Duncan Revie, son of the Leeds and England Manager Don Revie, COO Rita Whelan and Chairman Tony Martin. The event was conceived in the Midland Hotel, Manchester whilst Revie and Whelan were attending a business event for the music industry and noticed a gap in the market for football business.[2]
Football Business Events
The first event was held in Manchester in 1996, and followed this with annual events in London in 1997, Paris in 1998, Los Angeles in 1999 before returning to Old Trafford, Manchester to hold the 5th edition in the year 2000. Following this period, the event settled in Dubai from 2001-2006 where it grew its customer base and began to attract greater attention, with appearances from leading figures of the game such as the FIFA President, Sepp Blatter,[3] David Dein,[4] Peter Kenyon,[5] David Gill and Umberto Gandini.
In 2005, the company launched a regional sub-event concept, the London Forum, to cater for local markets for organisations who could not attend the event in Dubai. Following the launch of the Forums the main Soccerex event was rebranded as a Global Convention.
In 2007 the Global Convention moved to Johannesburg in advance of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and would remain there until 2009, when the event transferred over to Rio de Janeiro in a tenure due to stretch until the 2014 FIFA World Cup, although this was cut short by the termination of the 2013 edition. The cancellation of its 18th annual industry conference, scheduled to take place in Rio de Janeiro in November 2013, caused concern that there might be problems with the 2014 FIFA World Cup, due to be held in Brazil in June and July of the following year.[6] In 2014 the event returned to Manchester, a tenure which will last until 2017.[7]
Alongside the Global Convention, the organisation has also held its Forum level events in London (2005-2009), Dubai (2008), Brasília (2009), Singapore (2010), Manchester (2010-2013), Durban (2012-2014), Barbados (2014) and Jordan (2014-2015), as well as a Seminar event in Lagos (2012) and a Roadshow in Belém (2012).
Public Events
In addition to corporate networking and exhibition functions, Soccerex also runs a Football Festival alongside the Global Convention each year to promote community engagement. First held on the beach in Dubai, it has grown to include youth tournaments, musical and dance acts and a legends tournament for ex-professional footballers.
It has been hosted in Dubai, UAE (2005-6[8]), Johannesburg, South Africa (2007-2009[9]), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2010-2013[10]) and Manchester, UK (2014-17[11]).
The event is free to attend and has attracted stars such as Eric Cantona, Cafu, Lucas Moura, Marcel Desailly, Gaizka Mendieta and Jay Jay Okocha.
SoccerexPro
In addition to the events it runs, Soccerex also has a media suite managed in conjunction with SportsPro Media under the name SoccerexPro.
The content is centred on football business news and analysis, with editorial pieces on global and regional football business issues as well as sections related to commercial deals which have been done.
SoccerexPro products are available in a quarterly publication which is available in print, online and through an iOS app, a weekly blog hosted on the Soccerex website and a daily e-newsletter sent out via email.
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