FPSD-18859 Cekic中文

passed on 30October2025 regardingan employment-related dispute concerningtheplayerYusuf Cekic COMPOSITION: Lívia SILVA KÄGI (Brazil & Switzerland),Deputy ChairwomanJorge GUTIÉRREZ (Costa Rica), MemberKhadija TIMERA (Senegal), Member CLAIMANT: Yusuf Cekic, Netherlands RESPONDENT: PFFAAF, PhilippinesRepresented byMehmet Aygun I.Facts of the case 1.The parties involved in the present case are: a.The Dutch player Yusuf Cekic (hereinafter:the Playerorthe Claimant); andb.the Philippine club PFFAAF (hereinafter:the Cluborthe Respondent). 2.On 29 July 2024, the Club sent the Player a “formal job offer” (hereinafter:the Contract) validas from 1 August 2024 until 15 May 2025 or end of the 2024/2025 season of the league in 3.The Contract was countersigned by the Player on 1 August 2024, and the parties do not Correspondence with the Club 4.On 28 December 2024, the Player sent an email to the Club requesting “payment ofoutstanding salaries for the date of 15 December 2024” amounting to PHP 26,500 and gave 5.On 7 January 2025, the Player sent another email to the Club requesting “payment ofoutstanding salaries for the dates of 15 December 2024 and 1 January 2025” and gave the 6.On 2 February 2025, the Player sent a WhatsApp message to a contact saved as“Noella”who according to the Player is a Club representative, stating that the Player was in San alleged Club representative replied, stating that he was under disciplinary action by theClub and not permitted to enter the Club’s premises until the meeting with Mr. Tasci on 5 7.On10 February 2025,the Club and the Player exchanged email correspondence, 8.On 11 February 2025, the Player sent an email to the Club alleging that during the meetingwith the Club held earlier that day, the Club informed the Player of its intent to terminatethe Contract. The Player stated that he had the right to unilaterally terminate the Contract 9.On 19 February 2025, the Club sent a notice to the Player to provide his explanation with a.Failure to return to the Club for training after leaving to the Netherlands on 14December 2024 and missing the training sessions until 31 January 2025. c.Defamatory social media posts targeted at the Club. 10.The Club stated that failure to respond to this notice could lead to disciplinary measuresbeing taken and stated that since the Player has not attended training sessions for 2months, he would be required to attend special training with a private coach, every day, 11.The Player has submitted a letter dated 20 February 2025, wherein he has responded to a.The Club falsely accused the Player of taking unauthorized leave, as he wasprovided with a return ticket by the Club for sanctioned leave over Christmas breakto Netherlands, as the Philippine Football Federation (hereinafter:thePFF) had not b.He was not voluntarily absent from training from 31 January 2025 but instead mademultiple attempts to reach representatives of the Club with no response, leading c.The Player alleged that thepresident of the Club made threatening remarks against d.The Player requested proof that he made any false statements against the Club on 12.On 24 February 2025, the Club sent a second notice to the Player statingthatalthoughthePlayer responded to the notice to explain dated 19 February 2025, he did not provide anyreasons regarding the failure to attend training, the social media posts and failure to fulfilobligations under the Contract. The Club denied all the allegations of the Player made in 13.On 14 March 2025, the Club sent a notice of termination to the Player stating that the Clubhas unilaterally terminated the Contract for just cause in accordance with the Regulations a.As stated in the previous correspondence from the Club, the Player did not returnto Philippines for training without giving any prior notice, after going tothe b.Despite a meeting with the Club on 5 February 2025, the Player failed to fulfill his c.Despite two notices sent by the Club on 19 and 24 February 2025, the Player failedto join the training schedule made for his return to fitness, without any prior noticeto the Club. d.As there was limited time remaining in the 2024-2025 season and the Player failedto perform his obligations under the Contract, the Club took the measure of 14.The Player has submitted an undated letter wherein he has responded to the notice of a.The Club falsely accused the Player of taking unauthorized leave, as he wasprovided with a return ticket by the Club for sanctioned leave over Christmas break b.He was not voluntarily absent from training but instead made multiple attempts toreach representatives of the Club between 20 December 2024 and 31 January 2025for the payment of outstanding salaries, with no response. This led to himarranging his own funds, despite not receiving salary payments, to purchase a flight c.The Player stated that,according to him, he conveyed his intention to resumetraining and join the first team in all 3 meetings with t