Goodwill Ambassadors - Match Against Poverty

About the Match Against Poverty

Since 2002, two All-Star football teams captained by Ronaldo and his Real Madrid teammate Zinédine Zidane have faced each other three times in a match organised by UNDP to raise money and awareness about poverty. The funds support projects selected by UNDP in programme countries.

As UNDP Goodwill Ambassadors, Ronaldo and Zidane were the ones to propose the Match Against Poverty. Two matches took place in 2007, with the most recent on 19 November in Malaga, Spain. Other Matches took place in the following cities: