FOOTBALL AGENT COURSE
Are you passionate about football and eager to make your mark in the world of sports representation? Our comprehensive online course, covering the “Business of a FIFA Football Agent”, is your gateway to unlocking a career as a successful football agent and navigating the thrilling business of football representation.
Learn player recruitment strategies that work
Understand player pathways and promotional techniques
Discover negotiation tactics used by elite football agents
Develop your industry knowledge and enhance your reputation
Enhance your network and develop a football agency strategy
FOOTBALL AGENT Course Overview
The ‘Football Agent’ course has been created to train aspiring football agents with the knowledge, skills, and network necessary to thrive in the football agency industry. From understanding the fundamental roles of an agent to mastering contract negotiations, branding, and financial management, we cover every aspect of the profession.
During the course you will develop a business / career strategy. This will help you create your own business as a FIFA Football Agent or help you develop a plan to develop a career with an established football agency.
Sports BE will assist you throughout the entire process. If you are looking to work for a Football Agency we can help develop your CV, provide a professional industry reference, plus offer guidance and support during your job search.
Alternatively you might be focused on creating your own football agency. The Sports BE ‘Football Agent Training Course’ has been structured to allow you to develop a ‘Football Agency Business Strategy’. This will allow you to have a clear and concise focus on how and who to recruit as a client. How to promote your client to a team, and how to negotiate the deal with a focus on maximising the opportunity for the player.
£750.00
LIVE & Interactive Zoom Sessions (Group and 1-on-1 sessions)
10 Modules of Unique Industry Knowledge
Player Recruitment Advice (1-on-1 assessment)
Begin to build your Football Network
Develop your Football Agency Business Strategy
Professional Industry Reference on Completion
Next Course Starts 10 JUNE 2024
Module 1: The Role & Skills of a Football Agent
- Understanding the role, skills, and responsibilities of a FIFA Football Agent.
- Appreciating the significance of ethical conduct and professionalism in football representation.
- Analyse your own skills and discover which areas you can develop to become a successful FIFA Football Agent.
Module 2: Football Agent License Requirements
- Understanding the process of applying for the FIFA Football Agent License.
- Identifying the key qualifications and prerequisites for obtaining a FIFA Football Agent License.
- What you need to study to pass the FIFA Football Agent Exam.
- Appreciating the essential CPD, ongoing disclosure and reporting requirements necessary to maintain the license.
- Navigating the FIFA Football Agent Licensing process for FIFA Football Licensed Football Agents(optional).
- Learn about the importance of understanding and complying with National Football Agent Regulations (NFAR).
Module 3: Player Scouting and Evaluation for FIFA Football Agents
- Explaining the significance of player scouting in the football agent profession.
- Understanding various player scouting techniques and strategies.
- Appreciating the variety of different resources available to assess and evaluate potential talent.
- Understand the role of pathways for professional players.
Module 4: Football Client Recruitment
- Becoming knowledgeable on the intricacies of a client representation agreement.
- Creating a strategy to promote your football agent services to potential clients.
- Discovering how to work with other FIFA Football Agents via sub-agency agreements.
- Understanding the regulatory, legal, and reporting obligations and implications relating to representation contracts domestically and with FIFA.
- Learn the key FIFA Regulations on working with minors.
- Appreciate the value of exclusive and non-exclusive representation agreements.
Module 5: Football Player Career Management
- Understanding the role of a FIFA Football Agent in player career management.
- Identifying the key factors in assessing player career and post career opportunities.
Module 6: Player Promotion Strategy
- Appreciating which information a club require when introducing a potential new player.
- Understanding the importance of recent good quality video footage when promoting a client.
- Learning how best, when and who to contact within a club when promoting a player.
- Learning how the regulations on minors, training compensation and FIFA regulations on trialists could impact on your player promotion strategy.
- Understanding player pathways and their importance when promoting players from overseas, especially in developing football nations.
Module 7: The Football Transfer Market
- Understanding the key dynamics of the football transfer market.
- Discover how an international transfer window works.
- Identifying the main factors that impact player placements and transfers.
- Maximising the windows. Learn how to work in different markets and extend your player trading window.
Module 8: Football Contract Negotiations
- Understanding the significance of contract negotiations in a FIFA Football Agent’s role.
- Identifying the key skills and strategies for successful contract negotiations.
- Learn how to create a player employment contract built for success.
- Gain an insight into real life player employment contracts and discover the key elements that as a Football Agent you need to focus on.
Module 9: Legal Aspects and Intricacies of Football Contracts
- Differentiating between different types of football contracts.
- Learning what to include within a football employment contract and how to maximise the contract value for your client.
- Comprehending the legal intricacies associated with each contract type.
Module 10: Building & Maintaining a Network
- Recognising the significance of networking for FIFA Football Agents.
- Identifying key stakeholders and potential networking opportunities within the football industry.
- Develop a strategy for building your network and professional reputation.
- The role of social media in building your presence – the do’s and don’ts
Final Project: Player Analysis & Football Agency Business Strategy Development
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Student will be asked to complete a business strategy during the course to share in a one-one discussion after the course. Students will also have the opportunity to discuss a potential player they are looking to recruit, raising both red and green flags, plus other issues to consider.
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One-on-One Session: Individual Player Analysis
- Opportunity to discuss a potential / current client with a Licensed Football Agent. Develop a strategy.
Football Agent Business Strategy Consultancy
- 1 hour consultancy on the next steps of developing your business as a FIFA Football Agent.
- Consultancy on the Football Agent business strategy developed on the training.
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Football Agent Career Consultancy
- 1 hour consultancy on the next steps of developing a career with a Football Agency
- Assistance and advice on developing a football agent focused CV.
- On completion of the course receive a professional football agent reference to help you in your job search.
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I've passed the FFAR. So what's next?
How do I recruit a player?
How do I promote a player to a team?
How do I negotiate a football employment contract?
How do is pass the FIFA Football Agent Exam?
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you pass the FIFA Football Agent Exam ?
To pass the FIFA Football Agent exam, candidates should focus on acquiring in-depth knowledge of the FIFA regulations that pertain to the football transfer system, along with a grasp of relevant case studies. The key regulations you should be well-versed in are the FIFA Football Agent Regulations, Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, FIFA Statutes, FIFA Code of Ethics, FIFA Disciplinary Code and FIFA Guardians: Child Safeguarding Toolkit. Sports BE – FIFA Football Agent Exam training course will help you understand the regulations and how to apply them in both the examination and business.
Is the FIFA Football Agent Exam difficult ?
For the first FIFA Football Agent Exam there was a52% Pass-Rate. 90% of students that studied with Sports BE passed the examination first time.
What is the FIFA Football Agent exam ?
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What do FIFA Football Agents do ?
How do FIFA Football Agents get clients ?
obtainTo get clients FIFA Football Agents need to have good knowledge, market insight and good connections within the game. The more reliable the connection, the better. Most commonly, FIFA Football Agents will work directly with team scouts who have been assessing players from a young age and watching talent levels take-off in the academy system.
Can you be a pro footballer without a FIFA Football Agent ?
Players don’t have to use the services of a FIFA Football Agent. However, if the player has signed a representation agreement with the agent, they may still have to pay the agent there football agent service fee, even if they don’t use them (depending on the terms that the player negotiates in the player/agent representation contract).
How to FIFA Football Agents earn money?
FIFA Football Agents can represent players, coaches or the buying and selling club with an employment contract negotiation or transfer. Typically a Football Agent will earn a commision from the value of the player / coaches gross income. If a Football Agent represents a selling club they can receive up to 10% of a transfer fee.
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