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After retiring Fernandes went into football administration. From July 2021 to July 2022, he served as the Vice-president of his former club [[FC Sion]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tschoumy |first=Renaud |date=5 April 2022 |title=Football – Gelson Fernandes quittera le FC Sion pour la FIFA |language=fr |trans-title=Gelson Fernandes will leave FC Sion for FIFA |work=Le Matin |url=https://www.lematin.ch/story/au-tour-de-gelson-fernandes-de-quitter-le-fc-sion-181621474827 |access-date=8 March 2023 |issn=1018-3736}}</ref> |
After retiring Fernandes went into football administration. From July 2021 to July 2022, he served as the Vice-president of his former club [[FC Sion]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tschoumy |first=Renaud |date=5 April 2022 |title=Football – Gelson Fernandes quittera le FC Sion pour la FIFA |language=fr |trans-title=Gelson Fernandes will leave FC Sion for FIFA |work=Le Matin |url=https://www.lematin.ch/story/au-tour-de-gelson-fernandes-de-quitter-le-fc-sion-181621474827 |access-date=8 March 2023 |issn=1018-3736}}</ref> |
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In April 2022, FIFA announced the appointment of Fernandes as Director Member Associations Africa effective 1 August 2022. In his role as director, his responsibility is to oversee the services to strengthen the growth and development of the [[Confederation of African Football|African member associations]] through the FIFA Forward Programme.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gelson Fernandes to join FIFA as Director Member Associations Africa |url=https://www.fifa.com/football-development/fifa-forward/media-releases/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.comgelson-fernandes-to-join-fifa-as-director-member-associations-africa |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=www.fifa.com |language=en}}</ref> In March 2023, in his capacity as Director, he took a two-day working visit to [[Ghana]], where he engaged the [[Ghana Football Association]] and its stakeholders including the [[Ministry of Youth and Sports (Ghana)|Ministry of Youth and Sports]] and the |
In April 2022, FIFA announced the appointment of Fernandes as Director Member Associations Africa effective 1 August 2022. In his role as director, his responsibility is to oversee the services to strengthen the growth and development of the [[Confederation of African Football|African member associations]] through the FIFA Forward Programme.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gelson Fernandes to join FIFA as Director Member Associations Africa |url=https://www.fifa.com/football-development/fifa-forward/media-releases/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.comgelson-fernandes-to-join-fifa-as-director-member-associations-africa |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=www.fifa.com |language=en}}</ref> In March 2023, in his capacity as Director, he took a two-day working visit to [[Ghana]], where he engaged the [[Ghana Football Association]] and its stakeholders including the [[Ministry of Youth and Sports (Ghana)|Ministry of Youth and Sports]] and the Parliament Select Committee on Youth, Sports and Culture.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=3 March 2023 |title=FIFA Director Member Associations Africa interacts with staff of Technical Directorate |url=https://www.ghanafa.org/fifa-director-member-associations-africa-gelson-fernandes-interacts-with-staff-of-technical-directorate |access-date=8 March 2023 |website=Ghana FA |publisher=[[Ghana Football Association]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=7 March 2023 |title=PHOTOS: Gelson Fernandes visits Ghanaman Centre of Excellence at Prampram |url=https://www.ghanafa.org/photos-gelson-fernandes-visits-ghanaman-centre-of-excellence-at-prampram |access-date=8 March 2023 |website=Ghana FA |publisher=[[Ghana Football Association]] |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Agbobli |first=Joseph |date=2 March 2023 |title=GFA boss Kurt Okraku, FIFA Director Member Associations Africa, call on Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif |url=https://mx24online.com/gfa-boss-kurt-okraku-fifa-director-member-associations-africa-call-on-sports-minister-mustapha-ussif/ |access-date=8 March 2023 |website=MX24}}</ref> |
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