UEFA

This record is the UEFA Foundation for Children, the charitable organisation UEFA established under Swiss law in January 2015, not an autograph-authentication bureau. It uses football's reach to fund children's projects worldwide, by its 2025 tenth-anniversary figures more than 577 projects across 138 countries reaching some 4.9 million children, with over EUR 54 million in grants. For collectors its relevance is charitable provenance, not certificate-based authentication.

Why this matters for collectors

For a collector, the UEFA Foundation for Children matters as a source of concrete charitable provenance: memorabilia signed or donated in support of its work traces to a documented charity initiative rather than a certificate a buyer looks up. At the 2025 Conference League final, for example, Foundation-supported young people received autographs and memorabilia from players including Isco, Antony, Cucurella and Palmer. Chaired by UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin, with Urs Kluser as general secretary, the Foundation's assurance is the documented link to its initiative, so such an item is best presented with whatever donation or event documentation accompanied it. Walkouts references the UEFA Foundation for context on charity-linked provenance, not as an authentication service.