The Match Against Poverty has been held each year since 2003, at the initiative of star footballers and UNDP Goodwill Ambassadors Zinédine Zidane and Ronaldo, to raise awareness of and to advocate for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and to raise funds that support specific development projects selected by UNDP.
Ronaldo and Zinédine Zidane are among the legends who will take to the pitch in the tenth UEFA-backed Match Against Poverty on 19 December 2012 at the Gremio Arena in Porto Alegre, Brazil.