{"id":2884,"date":"2026-02-10T13:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/regulamento-de-agentes-fifa-o-que-precisa-saber-para-proteger-os-seus-interesses\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:17:28","slug":"regulamento-de-agentes-fifa-o-que-precisa-saber-para-proteger-os-seus-interesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/regulamento-de-agentes-fifa-o-que-precisa-saber-para-proteger-os-seus-interesses\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Football Agent Regulations: What You Need to Know to Protect Your Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIFA, through its <strong>Football Agent Regulations<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalhub.fifa.com\/m\/1e7b741fa0fae779\/original\/FIFA-Football-Agent-Regulations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FFAR<\/a>), approved on 16 December 2022, has reverted to a centralized strategy predating the 2015 Regulations on Working with Intermediaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of delegating regulation to national federations, the FFAR imposes global rules on licensing, fees and conflicts, though parts remain suspended due to ongoing EU court challenges (e.g., cases C-209\/23 and C-428\/23).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding these regulations is crucial for agents, clubs or players to avoid fines, disputes or losses\u2014especially amid legal uncertainty in Germany, England and the EU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key FFAR Elements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Compulsory Licence<\/strong>: Requires passing FIFA&#8217;s exam and eligibility checks for global practice, subject to national rules.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fee Limits<\/strong>: Caps commissions based on transaction value or player pay (currently suspended in some jurisdictions).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Conflict Prohibitions<\/strong>: Bans dual representation (e.g., player and club) under certain conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professional Development<\/strong>: Mandatory ongoing training to retain the licence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Legal Status<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provisions like fee caps and dual representation are inactive in linked markets due to court injunctions; EU decisions pending could reshape applicability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Portugal, comply also with Law No. 54\/2017 and FPF rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How We Assist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our sports law team offers contract drafting, CAS\/FFT arbitration support and transfer guidance. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miguel Santos Pereira |&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:rduarte@rosarioduarte.pt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">msantospereira@rosarioduarte.pt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/gyHAu1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sign up for our Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact us and\/or book a meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/contacts\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA, through its Football Agent Regulations (FFAR), approved on 16 December 2022, has reverted to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2884"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2892,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2884\/revisions\/2892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}