What to focus on while you read
The eligibility gate to become a Football Agent
Article 5 sets the eligibility gate before FIFA will invite an applicant to sit the exam. The exam loves Interest prohibitions (including through an Agency) and the 24-month unlicensed-services lookback.
Key points
- Applicants must meet eligibility requirements before FIFA invites them to sit the exam.
- An applicant must not hold, personally or through their Agency, any Interest in a club, academy, league or Single-Entity League.
- In the 24 months before submitting a licence application, an applicant must never have been found performing Football Agent Services without the required licence.
- Eligibility is about fitness to hold a licence — informal labels (for example calling negotiation 'scouting') do not cure prohibited unlicensed conduct.
Exam traps
- Assuming a friendship with a club official is itself listed as an automatic Interest bar.
- Thinking unpaid or 'informal' Football Agent Services sit outside the 24-month lookback.
- Believing academy Interest held through an Agency is allowed while personal Interest is not.
Unit outline
Article 5: Eligibility requirements