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A person from the Bulgarian Football Union in the board of directors of the future “Play with Razvitie” foundation
21.08.2017
Deputy Executive Director of the Bulgarian Football Union – Anton Popov becomes a member of the Board of Directors of the future “Play with Razvitie” Foundation.
This was agreed at a meeting with the President of BFA – Borislav Mihaylov.
Alexander Alexandrov, the lead manager of “Razvitie” corporation and chief editor of “Sprint” magazine and Nikolay Krastev – executive director of the foundation in question, told Mihailov about the mission and goals that “Play with Razvitie” has in mind. Namely - supporting the children's and teenagers’ teams in Bulgaria in the 5 most popular collective sports - football, volleyball, basketball, handball and water polo.
Borislav Mihaylov stood firmly behind the foundation, expressing hope for a good cooperation between it and the BFU in the name of child sport.
Anton Popov has many years of organizational experience, including as Secretary General of the former State Agency for Youth and Sport.
The other two members of the Management Board are Todor Ivanov - Executive Director of “S Media” and “Joma Bulgaria” Commercial Director Valentin Nikolov.
Details about the foundation will be announced by its management in October.
The topic of beach football and futsal was raised and commented at the meeting with the President of the Bulgarian Football Union. Alexandrov, who headed the commission of the BFU on futsal and mini football, shared the great ambitions and high goals the committee has set for their development.
Borislav Mihailov received a letter, a kind of report, for the latest results of our national beach football team, who played several strong matches and qualified for the Euroleague finals in September in Italy. The Committee on Beach Football has also recently been replaced, with current results showing that this was a necessary and timely measure.
The President of the BFU has committed to discussing the financing of our national beach soccer.