List of Players who have joined Common Goal- Footballers pledging 1% income to charity

Edit- list updated on October 28, 2017 with newer additions.

Former Arsenal winger Serge Gnabry has today (5 October, 2017) become the latest footballer to join the Common Goal initiative. Gnabry, currently on loan at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim from Bayern Munich has therefore pledged to donate 1% of his earnings to charity. Common Goal is the brainchild of Manchester United and Spain star Juan Mata.

At the time of writing this article, six footballers have publicly joined Common Goal. We will definitely see more names being revealed in the near future, and this list will be updated from time to time.

Juan Mata (Manchester United/Spain)
Mats Hummels (Bayern Munich/Germany)
Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus/Italy)
Serge Gnabry (Hoffenheim/Germany)
Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride/USWNT)
Megan Rapinoe (Seattle Reign/USWNT)
Julian Nagelsmann (Manager Hoffenheim/Germany)
Dennis Aogo (Stuttgart/Germany)
Alex Brosque (Sydney FC/Australia)
Hasan Ali Kaldirim (Fenerbahce/Turkey)
Heather O’Reilly (Arsenal/USWNT)
Charlie Daniels (Bournemouth/England)
Alfie Mawson (Swansea/England)
Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund/Japan)

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Giorgio Chiellini’s e-mail letter to Common Goal 2017- Chiellini pledges 1% of his salary to charity

Italian and Juventus superstar Giorgio Chiellini has joined Juan Mata’s Common Goal Initiative, thus pledging 1% of his salary to charity. Other football players to have pledged to Common Goal include Mats Hummels, Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe.

Check out the e-mail he sent to Common Goal himself asking to join. Quite an interesting read!

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