Why FIFA licenses agents at all

Module 1: Becoming a football agent

Lesson one asks a question most candidates skip: why does FIFA license agents at all? The answer is not just background. It explains why the rules are written the way they are, and it tells you which rules apply to a given deal: FIFA’s, or your country’s. Articles one to three.

In this lesson

• Agents work inside a system FIFA must protect
• The six objectives of the transfer system
• Article 1: Objectives
• Article 2: Scope
• International or national: which rules apply?
• Article 3: National football agent regulations
• National dispute and disciplinary bodies