ROMA (ITALPRESS) – The Institute for Sports and Cultural Credit and the Italian Association of Calciatori have renewed the Convention that supports the investments in sports plants by players and footballers, at the end of the competitive career, to start a new professional path. The agreement offers a concrete support to the realization of sports centers, football schools and facilities dedicated to the promotion of Sport in all its forms, allowing athletes to make available to the community the skills and experience gained in the field.
The protocol was signed by the managing director of the Institute, Antonella Baldino and the president of AIC Umberto Calcagno, in the presence of the President of ICSC Beniamino Quintieri and the Vice-President AIC Sara Gama. The renewal of the convention, valid for the next three years, allows professional and amateur footballers and players under 50 years to access loans at interest rate completely fell up to 500 thousand euros to build new sports facilities or redevelop existing structures. ICSC provides a total of 10 million euros for the granting of loans for the development of sports facilities, for the benefit of the companies and sports associations indicated by the AIC
“The collaboration with AIC is based on three strategic priorities: the development of modern and inclusive plants, the construction of new professional post-carriera sports perspectives, the promotion of equal opportunities in the football sector “, said Antonella Baldino, Managing Director of the Institute for Sports and Cultural Credit. “Three dimensions of complementary intervention that unite territories, communities, generations. The Institute supports this vision through facilitated financial instruments, dedicated to the development of sport and the future of athletes and athletes. A finance that generates concrete transformations and builds lasting opportunities.”.
In the words of President Umberto Calcagno the satisfaction for the renewal of the agreement: “We are proud to be here today and I would like to thank President Beniamino Quintieri, Ad Antonella Baldino and all the operational structure of the Institute, a precious partner who has joined us in many activities of great value for our associates and associates, such as the convention for the sports industry, policies for dual-career and the common commitment to support and promote equal opportunities in our world. The renewal of the convention today undersigned, expanded also to the members of the Futsal series A, will give us the opportunity to make the synergy even stronger in the next three years in order to make known, through all our collaborators on the territory, the advantages and opportunities of this tool to realize a own sports facility”.
So Sara Gama, AIC Vice President: “I wanted to be here today along with AD Baldino and President Calcagno to further strengthen the value and importance of this partnership with the institute for all our associates and associates. ICSC also directly supports female football. I refer in particular to the support already demonstrated at the first female galley launched two years ago by AIC, Women4Football, which goes towards its third edition in 2026. In this sense, with the hope of continuing this common path, I thank Dr. Baldino who demonstrated, with his concrete leadership, that he wanted to support the development of women’s sport and represents an example for the women and men of our world.”.
The agreement confirms and strengthens an almost ten-year link between the Institute and the union of players and players, consolidated over the years through joint initiatives dedicated to the training of athletes and to the support of the development of female football.
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