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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-ho = Lee Geun-ho (36), who transferred to Daegu FC in the professional football K-League 1 this season, was nominated for the International Football Players Association (FIFPRO)’MERIT AWARD’ Climbed.
Through a press release on the 17th, the athletes association said, “Chairman Lee Geun-ho was selected as a nomination for the’FIFPRO Merit Awards.
Established in 2008, the’FIFPRO Merit Awards’ ($25,000 in prize money) selects winners every year from selflessly engaged in charity activities.
Last year, Johanna Omulo (32, Erzurumspor) from Kenya won the prize. Omulo provided tuition fees for 80 Kenyan children to attend school, and performed good deeds in creating educational programs and soccer competitions during the vacation.
Lee Geun-ho took the lead in social contribution activities, including donations for the damage of wildfires in Gangwon-do in 2019 and donating 110 million won to medical service organizations in March of last year to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
The athletes’ association said, “FIFPRO was nominated for a merit award because of the high praise of President Lee Geun-ho’s social contribution activities.” “He explained.
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