You can always tell which football agents are serious and which ones are still figuring it out. Not by what they say, but what they send you. The contract comes through looking hastily formatted, their business card may not exist, the player presentation isn’t properly curated, and when you ask a follow-up question, you wait […]
How to Create a Professional Brand as a Football Agent Read Post »
Whenever a football agent negotiates a transfer or provides any football agent service, most people assume the agent receives a percentage of the transfer fee. But how football agents get paid depends on which party the agent represents in the transaction. When a club pays £50 million to sign a player, an agent is not
How Do Football Agents Get Paid? Instalments vs. Lump-Sum Payments Read Post »
FIFA Football agents make money by providing football agent services (negotiating player employment contracts, representing the club, organising trials) and other services such as scouting, consultancy, image-rights management and commercial work for players, coaches or clubs, depending on who hired the agent. The client who hires the agent for the services pays the agent, as
How Do FIFA Football Agents Make Money? Read Post »
Understanding who pays a FIFA-licensed football agent is one of the most important and most misunderstood questions for anyone navigating the representation industry. This understanding is important when you consider the amount a FIFA football agent is paid every year. In 2025, FIFA recorded that clubs in men’s professional football spent a record USD 1.37
Who Actually Pays a FIFA Licensed Football Agent for the Services Provided? Read Post »
Becoming a football agent is within reach. You don’t need a university degree, a law background, or years of football experience. What you need is clarity on the path, commitment to preparation, and understanding of what FIFA actually requires from you. This guide walks you through exactly how to become a licensed football agent, starting
How to Become a Football Agent: A Complete Beginner’s Guide Read Post »
The FIFA 2027 Agent Exam is still months away, but if you already feel behind, you are not alone. Most aspiring agents open the FFAR and RSTP for the first time and immediately feel the weight of everything they do not know. This guide breaks the process down into something manageable, so you can study
How to Study for the FIFA 2027 Agent Exam Without Feeling Overwhelmed Read Post »
After months of preparation and anticipation, the FIFA Agent Exam is done. However you feel about how it went, the results are now out and a new chapter begins either way. If you are sitting with that question of what next after the FIFA agent exam, you are exactly where you need to be because
What Next After the FIFA Agent Exam? Read Post »
The FIFA 2026 Agent Exam results are out today, and if you are reading this, you are probably feeling one of two things, either the quiet satisfaction of seeing your name on the right side of the result on the FIFA portal, or the sting of knowing you have to go again. Both feelings are
Pass or Fail the FIFA 2026 Agent Exam, Your Football Agent Journey Doesn’t End Today Read Post »
If you follow football closely, you have probably heard both terms thrown around in the same conversations. Scouts and agents both orbit the same world, attend many of the same stadiums, and sometimes work with the same players. But their roles, responsibilities, and the regulatory frameworks that govern them are very different from each other.
The Role of a Football Scout vs a Football Agent Read Post »
