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Ornella Desirée Bellia

Head of Professional Football - FIFA Legal background and a truly international experience within the global sports industry, having worked for football clubs, leading law firms, and sports institutions in five different countries. Ornella has gained a broad understanding of the football industry from different perspectives and cultures and an in-depth knowledge of the governance and the commercial models of professional football. She is experienced with complex stakeholders management and engagement and is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese. Ornella is a lecturer at several academic courses in Sports Management and Sports Law and is the director of the FIFA Diploma in Club Management. Currently she is the Head of Professional Football at FIFA, in charge of stakeholders relations and projects aimed at the strategic development of football at global level.