Manchester United Football Player and Co-Founder of Common Goal

Juan Mata

Juan is a professional footballer currently playing for Manchester United. During his career he has won the World Cup, European Championships, Champions League and Europa League, amongst other trophies.

A global ambassador of streetfootballworld, he co-founded Common Goal alongside Jürgen Griesbeck and Thomas Preiss in 2017 with the aim to form a lasting connection between football as a business and football as a tool for social change.

Juan was the first player to commit to pledge (a minimum of) 1% of his salary to high impact football for good organisations and serves as a member of Common Goal’s Steering Board.