Turkish Football Federation attended and played a key role at the Soccerex Global Convention which is the Global Leader for the Business of Football and organized for 17 years in 5 continents with 30 events.
This year's Soccerex took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between 24-28 November 2012.
In the stand of TFF, FIFA U20 World Cup Turkey 2013, Turkish A National Team, Spor Toto Super League and Riva Hasan Doğan National Teams Training Facilities were introduced to the convention participants. Besides, the Turkish committee also seeked a support for EURO 2020 bid which Turkey is one of the candidates.
TFF was represented in the Soccerex Global Convention by President Yildirim Demirören, Brazil Ambassador of Turkish Republic Esrin Elçin, TFF Executive Board Members Cengiz Zülfikaroglu, Arif Kosar, Prof. Dr. Fethi Heper, TFF General Secretary Prof Dr. Emre Alkin and former goalkeeper of Turkish A National Team, Rüstü Reçber, who is most capped Turkish player in Turkish A National Team history.
Besides, Alex de Souza, Brazilian footballer that played in Turkey for 8 years, wjoined to the Turkish committee in Rio de Janeiro to be a goodwill ambassador of TFF during the convention.
During the convention, FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke, Brazilion football legend Arthur Zico, veteran players such as Ruud Gullit, Gilberto Silva, Pierre Van Hooijdonk, Jay Jay Okocha, Aaron Winter, Mehmet Aurelio.
TFF had also hosted hosted the event on 25 November evening at Copacabana Palace that all the participants of the convention met in a cocktail party.