Stories - Common Goal

Harnessing the Power of Social Enterprise

The Common Goal project on Social Enterprise seeks to help football for good organisations generate sustainable funding streams by setting up their own social enterprises.
Stories from the Field - Sanou's journey

Sanou tells Common Goal member Serge Gnabry about how he uses football to help others address important issues like FGM and HIV/AIDS.
Two worlds - Alexander Esswein visits Kickfair and Delta Cultura

The Common Goal and Hertha BSC midfielder talks about his visits to two football for good organisations; Kickfair and Delta Cultura

Stories from the Field: I Play for Change

In the latest instalment of our Stories From the Field, Chanda tells Common Goal member Ir...

Stories From the Field: Staying Healthy on ...

In the second of our Stories From the Field, Sanou tells Common Goal member Serge Gnabry a...

Stories From the Field: Never Stop Learning

In the first of our stories from the field, Robelyn writes to Common Goal member Shinji Ka...

In Safe Hands — Getting to know Alex Rúnarsson

For FC Dijon and Icelandic goalkeeper Alex Rúnarsson 2018 was a year to remember. We take ...

Two Worlds — Sofie Junge Pedersen visits Wh...

Danish international and Common Goal midfielder Sofie Junge Pedersen has been in Ghana see...

Harnessing the Power of Social Enterprise i...

The Common Goal project on Social Enterprise seeks to help football for good organisations...

The Trip of a Lifetime

The girls from the OSCAR Foundation set out on their first ever football tour as they test...

Paving the Way — Getting to Know Ainhoa Tirapu

The story of Common Goal member Ainhoa Tirapu: her early career, juggling a work and acade...

Alex Hunter, star of EA’s FIFA19, joins Com...

More than a year since launching, Common Goal has amassed an incredibly diverse squad of p...

From Friendswood to Kabul — Getting to Know...

The story of new Common Goal member Haley Carter; her beginnings, her military service, an...

Football Legends Luis Figo, Alessandro Del ...

In a match organised by UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin, Common Goal teamed up with UEFA...

What Would You Do If You Had No More Limits?

Common Goal, WASH United and Slum Soccer have teamed up to develop, test and implement a M...

Football is Changing Lives in Argentina: Fe...

Fernando Piñol, or “Messi” as he is more commonly known around these parts, picks up the b...

Looking Back at Year One of Common Goal

It’s been one year since Common Goal launched with an ambition to change the world for goo...

Member Interviews: Daniel Didavi

The Common Goal, and VfB Stuttgart, midfielder joins us to talk about an early trip to Afr...

Common Goal’s World Cup Recap

This World Cup, Common Goal players, partners, and fans raised over $100,000 for community...

Two worlds - Alexander Esswein visits Kickf...

Common Goal is working to bring the two worlds of football together. Alexander Esswein, mi...

Football is Changing Lives in Colombia: The...

The first story in our partnership with Onefootball takes us to Bogota, Colombia to learn ...

FC Nordsjælland Joins Common Goal

The Europa-bound Danish Club is the first club to commit to Common Goal’s 1%

From Shy to Mighty: The Story of Kimleang C...

Like many girls in Cambodia, Kimleang Chhonran, was told that football is not good for gir...

Kicking Off Our Collaboration

This April marked the first collaboration cycle between Common Goal members - including fo...

Harnessing the Power of Social Enterprise

Stories from the Field - Sanou's journey

Two worlds - Alexander Esswein visits Kickfair and Delta Cultura