Herbalife Signs LA Galaxy Midfielder Riqui Puig to Sports Nutrition Sponsorship
24 April 2024 - 11:02PM
Business Wire
New Partnership Kicks off with First of Several
Activations Benefitting A Place Called Home
Herbalife, a premier health and wellness company, has signed LA
Galaxy center midfielder Riqui Puig through the 2025 MLS season.
Puig joins an elite roster of more than 150 Herbalife-sponsored
athletes, teams and leagues around the world. As a sponsored
athlete, he will support Herbalife in several joint community
partnership initiatives, sports nutrition education and global
marketing efforts, including sharing healthy, active lifestyle tips
and motivation through the company’s #ImWithYou campaign.
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Photo: Riqui Puig, Herbalife-sponsored
athlete, wearing the new LA Galaxy 2024 jersey - the Angeleno
Kit.
“Riqui exemplifies Herbalife’s commitment to health and wellness
and to ensuring that our communities - on and off the field - are
living their best lives,” said Stephan Gratziani, president of
Herbalife. “We are excited to welcome Riqui to Herbalife’s family
of sponsored athletes and look forward to our partnership.”
As his official sports performance nutrition partner, Herbalife
will provide Puig with access to the company’s Herbalife24 line of
sports performance products, which are NSF Certified for Sport®*,
and its other health and wellness products like teas, aloes, and
targeted nutrition products to fuel and optimize his performance on
the field.
Additionally, Puig will work with the company and its global
reach to further his passion for community and healthy, active
lifestyle with young fans and athletes. To celebrate this new
partnership, Herbalife offered fans attending the LA Galaxy vs. San
Jose Earthquakes game at Dignity Health Sports Park over the
weekend a digital download of its Youth Sports Nutrition Guide,
offering nutrition and fitness education to help foster healthy
habits for growing children. Additionally, youth from A Place
Called Home (APCH), a nonprofit youth development and community
center providing free grams in the arts, education, and health and
wellness, were invited for a VIP suite experience, kicking off
several activations that Puig will support with the nonprofit this
year, including the annual Back to School event and youth soccer
clinics.
“Herbalife represents the gold standard in sports nutrition and
making positive change in communities around the world. I am proud
to continue working with their team of sports performance and
nutrition experts to help keep me on my game. On behalf of
Herbalife I’m also really looking forward to the opportunity to
connect with fans and young athletes both here in Los Angeles and
around the world to help encourage them to develop healthy habits,”
said Puig.
Considered one of the brightest stars to come out of Barcelona’s
famed La Masia academy in recent years, Puig began his career in
2013 and made his way up as a substitute during the Segunda
División Championship in 2018. He then made his La Liga debut in
2019 and was promoted to first team shortly after. He helped
Barcelona claim the 2017-18 UEFA Youth League title, tallying three
goals and three assists in ten games played, with ten starts in the
competition.
The 24-year-old Spanish prodigy won the 2018-2019 La Liga title
and scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout against Real
Sociedad in the Supercopa de España. Puig signed a
three-and-a-half-year contract with the LA Galaxy in August of 2022
on a free transfer from FC Barcelona, helping the team qualify for
the 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs.
Herbalife proudly sponsors more than 150 athletes, teams, and
leagues around the world, including five Olympic Committees, that
exemplify the company’s commitment to a healthy, active life
supported by good nutrition. Herbalife has sponsored the Galaxy's
jersey for 17 consecutive seasons, the longest-running jersey
sponsorship in MLS history.
To learn more about the Herbalife24 Sports nutrition line and
sponsored athletes visit
www.herbalife.com/about-us/sports-and-sponsorship/.
*Certified for Sport® is a registered trademark of NSF
International.
About Herbalife Ltd.
Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) is a premier health and wellness company,
community and platform that has been changing people's lives with
great nutrition products and a business opportunity for its
independent distributors since 1980. The Company offers
science-backed products to consumers in more than 90 markets
through entrepreneurial distributors who provide one-on-one
coaching and a supportive community that inspires their customers
to embrace a healthier, more active lifestyle to live their best
life.
For more information, visit www.herbalife.com.
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