Team der International Football Arena
  • Marcel Schmid
    Marcel Schmid

    Chairman

    E-Mail: ms@internationalfootball.com

    Marcel Schmid, the founder and Chairman of IFA Ltd., originally was a journalist and producer in the fields of print media, radio and TV. In 1993 he started to specialize in sports marketing and founded Art und Weise AG. He launched the International Football Arena conference in 1999. Marcel is also the chairman of Onegoal Ltd., a players’ management agency operating in the main football markets.

  • Michael Stracke
    Michael Stracke

    Business Development/Marketing Manager

    Email: mps@internationalfootball.com

    Michael Stracke started to work for IFA in 2010 to provide support in all business development and marketing-related areas. He had been with agencies in three countries (Germany, Canada, and Switzerland) for the past eight years, spanning marketing, events, advertising, content creation and sponsorship.

     

  • Claudia Hüssy
    Claudia Hüssy

    Assistant to the CEO

    Email: ch@internationalfootball.com

    Claudia Hüssy joined IFA in 2011. Within the past eight years she has proven her excellent administrative support and multi-tasking skills as a Senior Relocation Consultant, responsible for international clients, CEO and General Manager of large companies. She personally experienced living abroad in the UK and the USA. At the IFA Claudia Hüssy is fulfilling her dream to work in the world of football. She is the PA of Marcel Schmid, founder of the IFA.

  • Daniel A. Rupf
    Daniel A. Rupf

    Executive Advisor

    Email: dr@internationalfootball.com

    Daniel Rupf, a former professional football player with a PhD in economics from the University of Zurich, joined IFA as an Executive Advisor in October 2011. For the past 15 years, he has been working in the fields of sports event management and sports marketing, be it as FIFA's Head of World Cup Events and Project Director for the 2002 World Cup and the inauguration of the Club World Cup Championship, as the UEFA EURO 2008 Project Director for the Host City of Zurich, or as lead consultant for several World Cup and EURO Bids, such as the winning World Cup Bid of Russia 2018.