Allianz Nigeria to Sponsor Nigeria leg of FC Bayern Youth Cup
L-R: Klaus Augenthaler, 1990 World Cup winner and FC Bayern Legend; Ibitunde Balogun, Head of Research, Strategy and Projects at Allianz Nigeria;Lars Weichert, FC Bayern Brand Manager; Victor Edeh, Founder of VOE Foundation and FC Bayern Youth Cup Nigeria Tournament Director during a courtesy visit to Allianz Nigeria Lagos office recently.
The local operating entity of global insurance giant, Allianz, may be concluding talks to sponsor the Nigeria leg of the football club (FC) Bayern Youth Cup. FC Bayern Global partners, the Allianz Group is famous for the Allianz Arena which is also home stadium of the Bundesliga champions.
Ahead of the national finals, the FC Bayern Youth Cup delegation led by the Nigeria tournament Director and VOE Foundation representative, Victor Edeh, had paid a courtesy visit to the Lagos office of Allianz.
Speaking during the visit, Ibitunde Balogun, Head of Research, Strategy and Projects at Allianz Nigeria, said as a responsible global corporate citizen, the Allianz Group was committed to promoting fitness and wellness through sporting partnerships that encouraged young and old to explore life more fully. “We are looking very closely at keying into sponsorship opportunities with the Nigeria leg of the FC Bayern Youth Cup in the coming year and keeping this partnership for a long time as it aligns well with our current global and local corporate strategy”, Ibitunde Balogun disclosed.
Staff at Allianz Nigeria were excited to have photo sessions with Klaus Augenthaler, 1990 World Cup winner and FC Bayern Legend who personally signed jerseys handed out as souvenirs. The football legend expressed vibrant optimism that there is a lot of talent in Nigeria and looked forward to a brilliant outing in Germany by the Nigeria team selected at the national finals
Over a thousand people were in attendance to witness the national finals which took place at the Meadowhall School in Lekki, Lagos on February 23, 2019. The youngsters competed earnestly for a place in the national team to represent Africa’s most populous nation at the Youth Cup world finals in Germany and eventually, a total of ten players were selected from the different teams.
Team Nigeria will be invited to camp at the start of May in preparations for the world finals. This is the second year Nigeria will be sending a team to the world finals in Germany.
The Allianz Group is one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers with more than 88 million retail and corporate customers. Headquartered in Germany, Allianz customers benefit from a broad range of Personal and Corporate insurance services, ranging from Property, Life and Health insurance to Assistance services to Credit insurance and Global Business insurance. The Allianz Group is one of the world’s largest investors, managing over 650 billion euros on behalf of its insurance customers, while their asset managers – Allianz Global Investors and PIMCO – manage an additional 1.4 trillion euros of third-party assets. In 2017, over 140,000 employees in more than 70 countries achieved total revenue of 126 billion euros and an operating profit of 11 billion euros for the Group.
