EU Athletes is a federation of European player unions and athlete association representing more than 30 national associations and over 25.000 individual athletes across the continent and across sport disciplines. EU Athletes was founded in 2007 and has since taken a steep journey as an advocate for the athletes’ voice on various issues such as anti doping, match fixing and education on the risks of sports betting, dual careers or good governance. EU Athletes is an accepted stakeholder in the sport sector at the European Union, Member of the EPAS Consultative Committee and member of the various expert groups of the European Commission. EU Athletes is also integrated into the wider labour movement as a member the World Players Association, the professional sports sector of UNI Global Union.