英文【FIFA】足球經(jīng)紀(jì)人報告 2024

FootballAgentsReport

DECEMBER2024

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Contents

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Overview3

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Licensingsystem5

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Updatesonthefootballagent-relatedsectionontheFIFAwebsite

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Agentsinmen'sprofessionalfootball

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4.1Clubagents

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4.2Playeragents

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Agentsinwomen'sprofessionalfootball

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5.1Clubagents

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5.2Playeragents

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Methodology

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Disclaimer

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FootballAgentsReport

Overview

1.Overview

Aspartofitsobjectivetobringmoretransparencytothefootballtransfersystem,FIFApublishesanannualreportonfootballagents.Thisyear,thereportpresents:

?anextensiveanalysisoffootballagents’activityininternationaltransfers;

?insightfulinformationaboutthelicensingsystem,itsenforcementandrelateddata;and

?updatesthatarerelevanttotheactivityofafootballagent.

Withrespecttoallfootballagents’activity,thereportcoversanyrepresentationofplayersand/orclubsinemployment?relatedandtransfer?relatednegotiations,collectivelyknownas“footballagentservices”.UndertheFIFARegulationsontheStatusandTransferofPlayersandtheFIFAFootballAgentRegulations(FFAR),clubsarerequiredtoenterthenamesandservicefeesofanyclubagentsinvolvedinaninternationaltransfer,aswellasthenamesofanyfootballagentactingonbehalfoftheplayer,intheTransferMatchingSystem(TMS).Suchdeclarationsmadein2024arethesourceofthedatainthisreport.Thisentailsinformationonengaging?andreleasing?clubagents,butalsoinformationonplayeragentsinconnectionwithinternationaltransfersinmen’sandwomen’sfootball.

Thisinformationwillallowreaderstounderstandhowagents’activitydevelopedin2024.Withrespecttomaleprofessionalplayers,thetotalamountofservicefeesforclubagentsdeclaredininternationaltransfersin2024wasUSD709.6million.Althoughthisisadecreasecomparedtothelevelofspendingin2023,thisamountneverthelessconstitutesthesecond?highest?evertotalforafullyear.AsTMSonlycapturesservicefeespaidforclubagentsininternationaltransfers,thisamountfurthermoredoesnotincludeservicefeespaidinthecontextofdomestictransfers,renegotiationofemploymentcontractsoranyservicefeespaidtoplayeragents.Thefullrevenueofallfootballagentsisthuslikelytobeevensubstantiallyhigher.

Inthecontextofinternationaltransfersoffemaleprofessionalplayersduringthesameperiod,footballagentswereinvolvedin184transfersrepresentingclubsandin515transfersrepresentingplayers.However,therevenuesofclubagentsinwomen’sfootballarestillsignificantlylowerthaninmen’sfootball,withjustunderUSD3.1millioninservicefeesearnedin2024.Nevertheless,therehasstillbeensubstantialgrowthacrossthelastfiveyears,withthefigurefor2024morethan2.2timeshigherthanin2023andmorethansixtimesthelevelof2020.

Finally,regardingenforcement?relateddata,itisworthmentioningthat,duringtheperiodcoveredbythisreport,FIFAopened1,627investigationsthatledtoseverallicenceapplicationsbeingrejectedor–inthecaseofalreadylicensedindividuals–theirlicencehavingbeenprovisionallysuspendedfornotmeetingtheeligibilityrequirementsasestablishedbyarticle5oftheFFAR.

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Licensingsystem

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2.Licensingsystem

Licenceapplicationprocess

In2024,FIFAopenedafurthertwoperiodsduringwhichindividualscouldsubmittheirlicenceapplicationstobecomefootballagents,asfollows:

Applicationperiod

Examdate

9Januaryto31March2024

22May2024,withtestinglocationsat159memberassociations

19Augustto4October2024

20November2024,withtesting

locationsat146memberassociations

Duringtheperiodcoveredbythisreport(1Januaryto5December2024),FIFAreceived19,827licensingapplications.Outofthetotalnumberofexamapplicants,10,887tooktheexamononeofthetwoexamdatesand40.4%passedtheexam.

Duringthelicenceapplicationprocess,FIFAopened1,606investigationsregardingapotentialfailuretocomplywiththeeligibilityrequirements.Approximately17%oftheinvestigationsledtotherejectionofalicenceapplication.Anoverviewofthereasonsfortherejectionoflicenceapplicationsislistedbelow.

Groundsforrejection

No.oflicensing

applicationsrejected

Failuretomeetthedeadline

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BeinganofficialoremployeeofFIFA, aconfederation,amemberassociation,aleague,aclub,abodythatrepresentstheinterestsofclubs orleaguesoranyorganisationconnecteddirectly orindirectlywithsuchorganisationsandentities(art.5par.1.a)iv.oftheFFAR)

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Beingfoundtohavebeenperformingfootball agentserviceswithouttherequiredlicence inthe24monthsbeforethesubmissionofalicenceapplication(art.5par.1b)oftheFFAR)

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Havingbeenconvictedofacriminalcharge(art.5par.1.a)ii.oftheFFAR)

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Inaddition,FIFAfound973candidatesthatbreachedtheexamrules(i.e.failedtopaytheexamfee,failedtoattendtheexam,orbreachedtherulesofconductoftheexam).Suchfindingsalsoledtotherejectionoftheirlicenceapplications.

ItisworthnotingthattheFIFAgeneralsecretariatwasabletopreventseveralindividualsfromtakingtheexamonthebasisthattheyhadprovidedfootballagentserviceswithouttherequiredlicence24monthsbeforemakingtheirlicenceapplication.Thoseindividualswerefoundperformingtheseservicesinthefollowingcountries:England,India,USA,Uzbekistan,Indonesia,Israel,HondurasandBelgium.AllthecorrespondingdecisionsarepublishedontheFIFAwebsite.

Continuingprofessionaldevelopment(CPD)

Theperiodbetween1October2023and30September2024marksthefirstCPDcyclesincetheinceptionofthenewFFARon16December2022,fromwhichdateatotalof4,477footballagentshavebeenrequiredtomeetthecontinuingprofessionaldevelopment(CPD)requirements.

Inshort,subjecttothetypeoflicensingpathfollowed,footballagentsmustearnaminimumnumberofCPDcreditsperCPDcalendaryear,whichrunsfrom1Octoberinoneyeartothefollowing30September.Thecurrentrequirementsareasfollows:

?Exampath:aminimumof20CPDcredits

?Legacyandnationallawpaths:aminimumof40CPDcreditsforthefirstfivecycles,reducedto20CPDcreditspercyclefromthesixthcycleonwards

Basedonthis,41%offootballagentsmustearn40CPDcreditsinthe2023/2024CPDcycle.

Giventhecriticalrolethatfootballagentsplayintheinternationaltransfersystem,itisessentialthattheystayinformedaboutthelatestregulatoryframeworksandkeydevelopmentsinthefootballworld.

FiveCPDcourses–theFIFAFootballAgentRegulations,RegistrationofPlayers,TrainingRewards,ReleaseofPlayersforInternationalDuty,andRepresentingMinors–wereintroducedinthe2023/2024CPDcalendaryear.Inadditiontothose,coursesentitledAnti?Trafficking,Third?PartyInfluence&Third?PartyOwnership,andRulesfortheEmploymentofCoacheswerereleasedinthenew2024/2025CPDcycle.

Itisworthmentioningthat,inthe2023/2024CPDcycle,RegistrationofPlayerswasbyfarthemost?completedcourse(by95%ofagents),followedbyReleaseofPlayersforInternationalDuty(89%),FIFAFootballAgentRegulations(88%)andTrainingRewards(76%).

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Compliancewithongoinglicensingrequirements

On1October2024,anewlicensingperiod(2024/2025)started.Consequently,asprovidedbyarticle17oftheFFAR,thistriggeredtheobligationstopaythelicencerenewalfeetoFIFAandtocomplywiththeCPDrequirementsby30September,asstipulatedontheFIFAAgentPlatform.

IffootballagentsfailtopaytheannuallicencefeetoFIFAortocomplywiththeCPDrequirementsasmentionedabove(orboth),theirlicencewillbeautomaticallyprovisionallysuspended.Failuretorectifythenon?compliancewithin60daysofthelicencebeingautomaticallyprovisionallysuspendedwillresultinthelicencebeingwithdrawn,andfootballagentsmustthencompletethefulllicenceapplicationprocessagain.

On1October2024,2,616licenceswereprovisionallysuspendedforthefollowing

reasons:

Non?paymentoftheannualfee(1,777)

FailuretocomplywiththeCPDrequirements(1,387)

Atotalof1,825licencesweresubsequentlyreinstated(assoonastheabove?mentionedrequirementsweremet),whereas406licenceswerewithdrawn.

Asof5December2024,atotalof7,558individualswerelicensedfootballagents.Oftheselicensedagents:

95%weremale;5%werefemale;

theiraverageagewas42years;and

64.9%wereauthorisedtorepresentminors.

Duringtheperiodcoveredbythisreport,FIFAalsoopened21investigationsintofootballagentswhofailedtomeettheeligibilityrequirements.Outofthose21investigations:

fiveinvestigationswerestillpendingatthetimeofwriting;

onefootballagenthadtheirlicenceprovisionallysuspendedforfailingtocomplywitharticle5paragraph1b)oftheFFAR;

threefootballagentshadtheirlicenceprovisionallysuspendedforfailingtocomplywitharticle5paragraph1a)ii.oftheFFAR;

onefootballagenthadtheirlicenceprovisionallysuspendedforfailingtocomplywitharticle5paragraph1a)i.andiv.oftheFFAR;and

11investigationswereclosed.

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Outofthefivefootballagentswithinvestigationsstillpending,threehaveappealedtotheCourtofArbitrationforSport.

AllthedecisionsarepublishedontheFIFAwebsite.

Asafinalpointinrelationtocompliancewiththeeligibilityrequirements,itisworthmentioningthedisputebetweenanagentandFIFA.ThisrevolvedaroundFIFA’srejectionoftheagent’slicenceapplication,citinghisfailuretomeettheeligibilityrequirementsoutlinedinarticle5paragraph1a)ii.oftheFFARandspecificallytheprovisionstatingthatapplicantsmusthaveneverbeenconvictedofacriminalcharge.

BeforeCAS,theagentarguedthatFIFAviolatedhisrighttoadefencebyfailingtonotifyhimofcrucialcorrespondencerelatedtohislicenceapplicationprocess.HeclaimedanexemptionfromtheexamrequirementbasedonhispriorregistrationasanintermediarywiththePortugueseFootballFederation.Additionally,theagentcontendedthathiscriminalconviction,whichwasunderappealandnotyetfinal,didnotconstituteadisqualifyingoffenceundertheFFAR.

TheCASPanelfirstaddressedtheproceduralissuesraisedbytheagent,assertingCAS’sfullpowerofreview,includingtheabilitytorectifyproceduralflaws.Consequently,itfoundthattheagenthadampleopportunitytopresenthis

casebothinwritingandorallyduringtheCASproceedings.Ittherefore

dismissedhisclaim.

Furthermore,thePanelexaminedthevalidityofthenotificationssentbyFIFA,determiningthatelectronicnotificationsthroughtheFIFAAgentPlatformconstitutedvalidmeansofcommunicationunder

theFFAR.

Subsequently,thePanelevaluatedthelegitimacyofrejectingtheagent’slicenceapplication,consideringwhetherhiscriminalconvictionalignedwiththeconditionsoutlinedinarticle5paragrapha)ii.oftheFFAR.Itdeterminedthattheoffenceof“damagewithviolence”qualifiedasa“violentcrime”undertheFFAR.Additionally,itdismissedtheargumentthatonlyfinalandbindingconvictionsapplied,emphasisingthewordingofthearticleandnotingdeliberateomissionsofreferencestofinalityinthedraftingprocess.

Consequently,thePanelconcludedthattheagent’sfailuretomeettheFFARrequirements

justifiedtherejectionofhislicenceapplication.

Asaresult,itdismissedtheappealandupheldtheappealeddecision.

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Updatesonthefootballagent-relatedsectionontheFIFAwebsite

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3.Updatesonthefootballagent-relatedsectionontheFIFAwebsite

FIFAhasadedicatedfootballagent?relatedsectiononitswebsitewherealltherelevantinformationanddocumentationarepublished.Theobjectivehasalwaysbeentoprovidetherelevantresourcestoeveryonewhoisinterestedinfootballagenttopics.ThispartofthereportprovidessomeadditionalupdatesimplementedbyFIFAinrelationtothesematerials.

Weaddedthefollowingfoursubsectionstothewebsitein2024:

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PublicationofFIFAgeneralsecretariatdecisions

Asprovidedbyarticles5and17oftheFFAR,theFIFAgeneralsecretariatisresponsibleforinvestigatingcompliancewitheligibilityrequirementswithrespecttofootballagentsandcandidates.AspartofFIFA’saimofincreasingtransparencyandprovidinginformationonthevariousissuesdealtwithinrelationtofootballagents,FIFApublishesdecisionstakenbytheFIFAgeneralsecretariatregardingcompliancewitheligibilityrequirements.

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Nationalfootballagentregulations

Thissectionisatooltosupplypromptaccesstothememberassociations’provisionsregardingnationalfootballagentregulations.Thecontentanddocumentsarethestrictresponsibilityofmemberassociations.Weadviseyoutocheckwiththerelevantmemberassociationthatthedocumentsprovidedinthissectionarethelatestversionoftheregulations.

III.

Legalminimumageforsigningaprofessionalemployment

contract

Toincreaseknowledgeandtransparency,anewsectionhasbeenaddedtotheFIFAwebsite.

Thepurposeofthissectionistoprovideageneraloverviewofthelegalminimumageforsigningaprofessionalemploymentcontractintheterritoryunderthejurisdictionofeachmemberassociation.Pleasenotethatthecontentisthestrictresponsibilityofthememberassociations.Asabove,weadviseyoutocheckwiththerelevantmemberassociationthattheinformationprovidedisconsistentwiththelatestapplicablenationallaw.

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FootballAgentWorkingGroup

InformationanddetailsregardingtheFootballAgentWorkingGroupnowhavetheirownsectiononourwebsite.Thiscontainsdetailsofthemembers,therangeoftopicsthathavebeendiscussedandanumberofmeasuresthathaveeitherbeenimplementedintheaftermathorareintheprocessofbeingputinplace.

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4.1Clubagents

TotalspendingonclubagentservicefeesreachedatotaloutlayofUSD709.6millionin2024.Thisisadecreaseof20.2%comparedtothelevelofspendingin2023.

Figure1:Clubs’spendingonagentservicefees(USD)

Agenttype:RepresentingengagingclubRepresentingreleasingclub

889.5m

709.6m

654.7m

623.2m

548.1m

501.2m

447.5m

150.5m

386.8m

170.3m

109.3m

239.0m

69.6m

450.3m

397.6m

327.2m

282.8m

228.2m

20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

646.9m

497.5m

297.9m

478.6m

425.6m

242.5m

198.8m

277.5m

231.0m

365.1m

172.9m

164.7m

229.1m

136.1m

In2024,clubagentswereinvolvedinatotalof2,185internationaltransfers:in1,678ofthese,onlytheengagingclubhadanagent;in303,onlythereleasingclubhadone;andintheremaining204transfers,bothclubsemployedanagenttorepresenttheminthetransfer.Thisisanewrecordandrepresentsanincreaseof6.7%comparedto2023.

Whiletheabsolutenumberoftransfersinvolvinganengaging?clubagentissubstantiallyhigherthanthatinvolvingreleasing?clubagents,theyarequitesimilarinrelativeterms.In8.3%ofallinternationaltransferscompletedin2024sofar,therewasanengaging?clubagentinvolved.Similarly,areleasing?clubagentwaspresentin7.8%ofalltransfersinwhichthereleasingclubwasinvolvedinthetransferprocessinTMS.1

Itisworthnotingalsothatonly1,196outofthetotal7,558licensedfootballagentshaveprovidedfootballagentservicestoandreceiveservicefeesfromclubsinaninternationaltransfer.

1Thepercentageoftransferswithreleasing-clubagentsisbasedonalltransfersexcludingout-of-contracttransfersandreturnsfromloansastheydonotinvolveareleasingclubandcanthereforeneverinvolveareleasing-clubagent.

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Figure2:Numberandpercentageofinternationaltransferswithclubagents

EngagingclubwithagentBothclubswithagentReleasingclubwithagent

—o—%oftransferswithengaging-clubagents—-%oftransferswithreleasing-clubagents*

2,185

2,048

303

1,814

204

281

1,404

152

236

1,381

153

111

1,129

8.2%

7.7%

7.1%

7.5%

7.3%

6.9%

6.7%

6.4%

6.0%

20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024

983

140

799

6.4%

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1,417

209

126

1,082

7.8%

8.3%

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7.8%

7.8%

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8.0%

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1,541

232

166

1,143

8.1%

232

121

1,131

8.0%

1,086

7.8%

7.6%

305

209

1,534

1,115

154

894

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7.3%

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7.2%

8.6%

1,484

1,499

1,286

1,048

1,678

207

134

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Asinpreviousyears,theshareoftransferswithclubagentswassubstantiallyhigheramongtransfersthatinvolvedatransferfeecomparedtotransfersinwhichtheengagingclubpaidnotransferfeetothereleasingclub.Intransfersthatincludedatransferfee,theshareoftransferswithaclubagentwasat12.0%inthecaseoftransferswithreleasing?clubagentsanditevenreached28.4%fortransfersinvolvingengaging?clubagents.Asshowninthefigurebelow,theseshareswereevenhigherwheretherespectivetransferfeewashigher.

Figure3:Percentageofinternationaltransferswithclubagents,bysizeoftransferfee(YTD)

%oftransferswithreleasing-clubagents*

57.0%

36.5%

32.1%

19.7%

14.5%

3.9%

>0-500k>500k-1m

Transferfee(USD)

%oftransferswith

>1m-5m>5m

club-agents

engaging

Nofee

20.9%

37.6%

4.4%

2.4%

*Thepercentageoftransferswithreleasing-clubagentsisbasedonalltransfersexcludingout-of-contracttransfersandreturnsfromloansastheydonotinvolveareleasingclubandcanthereforeneverinvolveareleasing-clubagent.

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Byfar,thelargestproportionofallclubagentswereemployedbyclubsinUEFA,whichalsoaccountforthelion’sshareofglobalspendingonclubagents.In2024,clubsaffiliatedtoUEFAmemberassociationsaccountedfor85.4%ofthetotaloutlayforallclubagentservicefeesininternationaltransfersworldwide.Similarly,Europeanclubsemployed90.4%ofallengaging?clubagentsand85.2%ofallreleasing?clubagents.

Figure4:Clubs’spendingonagentservicefeesinUSDandnumberoftransferswithclubagents,byconfederation(YTD)

111transferswith

engaging-club

agent

7transferswith

releasing-club

agent

49.5mspenton

engaging-clubagents

914.1kspenton

releasing-club

agents

50transferswith

engaging-club

agent

39transferswith

releasing-club

agent

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432transferswith

releasing-club

agent

1,702transferswith

engaging-club

agent

408.6mspentonengaging-club

agents

12transferswith

engaging-club

agent

7transferswith

releasing-club

agent

197.1mspentonreleasing-clubagents

5.7mspenton

engaging-club

agents

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releasing-club

agents

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75.2k

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sferswith

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159.5kspenengaging-cagents

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spentonsing-clubgents

3transferswith

releasing-club

agent

371.0kspenton

releasing-club

agents

14.6mspenton

engaging-club

agents

29.6mspenton

releasing-club

agents

Inlargepart,theEuropeandominanceinspendingcanbeattributedtoclubsfromEngland,whichwerethetopspendersbyalongshot,withacombinedtotalofmorethanUSD193million.Italianclubshadthesecond?biggestspendingonengaging?clubagentswithUSD66.4million.TheNetherlandshadthehighestshareofincomingtransfersthatinvolvedanengaging?clubagent,with46.7%,whereasSerbiahadthegreatestshareofoutgoingtransferswithareleasing?clubagent,with30.3%.

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Figure5:Memberassociationsfeaturinginatleastoneofthetop-fiverankingsbyspendingonengaging-clubandreleasing-clubagents(USD)andbypercentageofincomingandoutgoingtransferswithengaging-clubandreleasing-clubagents(YTD)

FRANCE

IncomingOutgoing

SWEDEN

14.1%19.2%

withagentswithagents

IncomingOutgoing

33.2%15.6%

12.2m

agentfees

withagentswithagents

24.0m

agentfees

DENMARK

4.6m4.1m

agentfeesagentfees

IncomingOutgoing

ENGLAND

34.1%11.0%

withagentswithagents

IncomingOutgoing

43.4%9.6%

withagentswithagents

6.4m4.9m

agentfeesagentfees

167.9m

agentfees

25.1m

agentfees

NETHERLANDS

IncomingOutgoing

46.7%11.7%

withagentswithagents

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PORTUGAL

5.5m4.9m

agentfeesagentfees

IncomingOutgoing

22.2%23.0%

withagentswithagents

SERBIA

43.5m

agentfees

30.7m

agentfees

IncomingOutgoing

4.7%30.3%

withagentswithagents

SPAIN

1.3m7.7m

agentfeesagentfees

IncomingOutgoing

ITALY

10.9%11.0%

IncomingOutgoing

withagentswithagents

32.2m

agentfees

16.8m

agentfees

34.7%24.6%

withagentswithagents

27.9m

agentfees

66.4m

agentfees

SAUDIARABIA

IncomingOutgoing

BRAZIL

19.8%5.9%

withagentswithagents

IncomingOutgoing

43.5m

agentfees

536.0k

agentfees

3.6%7.3%

withagentswithagents

27.8m

agentfees

13.3m

agentfees

Note:Spendingonengaging-clubandreleasing-clubagentsisonlyshownformemberassociationswithatleastfivetransferswithagentsrepresentingtheengaging/releasingclubrespectively.

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Injustover91%ofallcases,clubagentsreceivedlessthanUSD1millioninservicefeespertransaction,withservicefeesrangingbetweenUSD10,000andUSD100,000beingthemostcommon.However,the196instancesinwhichtheservicefeesexceededUSD1millionaccountedformorethanhalf(60.5%)ofthetotalamountpaidbyclubstoagents,withisolatedcasesofservicefeesevensurpassingUSD16million.Higherservicefeesforagentswerealsomorecommonamongtransfersthatalsoincludedatransferfee.

Inabsoluteterms,themedianservicefeeswerehigherintransferswithhighertransferfees.Thiswastrueforbothengaging?clubandreleasing?clubagents.Whenexpressedasapercentageofthetransferfee,however,themedianservicefeesdecreasedasthetransferfeeincreased.

Figure6:Numberoftransferswithclubagents,bytransferfeeandsizeofagentservicefeespaidbyclubs(YTD)

Transferswithengaging-clubagentsTransferswithreleasing-clubagents

842

392

507

135

371

221

266

372

55

105

>10k-100k>100k-1m>1m

Servicefee(USD)

withouttransferfeeswithouttransferfees

withtransferfeeswithtransferfees

>0-10k

450

205

103

126

127

141

20

36

70

69

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Figure7:MedianclubagentservicefeesinUSDandin%ofthetransferfee,bysizeofthetransferfee(YTD)

Engaging-clubagentservicefees(median)Releasing-clubagentservicefees(median)

inUSDinUSD

in%oftransferfeein%oftransferfee

838.3k

825.0k

20.6%

11.0%

95%

●.

9.5%

7.2.%

10.0%

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7.5%

6.5%

163.7k

153.2k

69.1k

63.6k

24.2k

19.4k

>0-500k>500k-1m>1m-5m>5m

Transferfee(USD)

Therewere25triplerepresentationsandatotalof840doublerepresentations.Ofthosedoublerepresentations,anagentrepresentedtheengagingclubandtheplayer741times,the

releasingclubandtheplayer71timesandtheengagingand

releasingclubs28times.

Thehighestnumberofrepresentationsbyasinglefootballagentwas40,whilethehighestnumberoftransfersinvolvedbyasinglefootballagentwas27.ThetotalamountofservicefeesregisteredinTMSforthatsingleagentwasapproximatelyUSD16million.However,thehighesttotalamountofservicefeesregisteredinTMSforoneagentwasapproximatelyUSD40million.

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Britishagentsrepresentedclubsmostoftenin2024,beinginvolvedin304transferswithaclubagent.AgentsfromItalywereinvolvedinthenext?greatestsharewith241transfers,withagentsfromFrancefollowingclosebehindwith220transfers.

Whenitcomestoservicefees,Italianagentsledtheway,receivingatotalofUSD98.1millionfromtransferswithaclubagent.BritishandBrazilianagentscompletethetopthree,withUSD78.9millionandUSD73.8millioninclubservicefees,respectively.

Figure8:Topfiveagentnationalities,bynumberoftransferswithclubagents(YTD)

304

241

220

156

150

British Italian French SpanishPortuguese

98.1m

78.9m

73.8m

69.2m

57.0m

Italian British BrazilianPortugueseSpanish

Figure9:Topfiveagentnationalities,byclubservicefees(USD)(YTD)

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4.2Playeragents

Thenumberofinternationaltransferswithanagentactingonbehalfoftheplayerreachedatotalof3,105transfersin2024.Thiscorrespondsto13.7%ofalltransfersandrepresentsadecreaseof7.6%comparedto2023.Only1,539outofthetotal7,558licensedfootballagents(approximately20%)haveprovidedfoot