Are you ready to become the new Jorge Mendes?
✅ When
☑ Valid from 9 January 2023
☑ Fully effective from 1 October 2023
✅ What
☑ Anyone wishing to participate in an international transfer will have to be registered on the new agent platform created by FIFA
☑ There will be an international dispute resolution chamber
☑ Conflicts of interest will be avoided by prohibiting the same person from acting for all parties in a negotiation
☑ Every payment will also have to pass through the Clearing House to ensure financial transparency and to put a cap on commissions
☑ Annual registration will cost $600
✅ The Online Test
☑ 20 multiple-choice questions in one hour
☑ Three languages: English, Spanish, and French
☑ First date 19 April 2023
☑ Second date 20 September 2023
✅ Requirements for not having to take the exam
☑ FIFA agent since before 2015
☑ Registered as an agent from April 2015 to December 2022
✅ Who can't be a FIFA agent
☑ Active players, coaches, and club managers
☑ Those who have been involved in money laundering or corruption
✅ What agents can do
☑ represent players
☑ represent coaches
☑ act as intermediaries for one of the two clubs involved in a deal
❌ It's forbidden for two agents from the same company to work on the same deal.
For those who break the regulations:
👉 license suspension of up to 2 years.
✅ Players < 18 y.o.
☑ Can start working with agents 6 months before signing their first contract (15 or 16 years depending on the country).
✅ Number of applications (as of the end of March)
☑ 7,583 applications
☑ 997 want to have their license recognized because of their qualifications
☑ 6,586 aim to pass the exam
data: La Gazzetta dello Sport
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