No, there are no educational or professional requirements to become a FIFA football player agent.

No, there are no specific language requirements, but the exam is administered in English, Spanish, or French.

Yes, it is conducted online from locations specified by member federations. Candidates must bring their own laptop and internet access device.

Candidates can take the exam an unlimited number of times.

Services related to football carried out for or on behalf of a client, including any negotiation and communication related to such negotiation or prior to it, or other related activities, performed with the aim or intention of completing a transaction.

In practice, this term encompasses any action aimed at facilitating or achieving:

1. The employment, registration, or deregistration of a player with a legally independent club or league;
2. The employment of a coach with a legally independent club, league, or member federation;
3. The transfer of a player's registration from one club to another; and
4. The creation, termination, or variation of the terms of an individual's employment contract.

Services developed by a football player agent for or on behalf of a client that are not representation services, including legal advice, financial planning, "scouting," consulting, management of image rights, and negotiation of commercial contracts.

No. The holder of a football player agent license is authorized to freely provide representation services worldwide, unless the national legislation of a particular territory imposes additional registration conditions. However, a member federation may require football agents to agree to be subject to the national regulations on football player agents or any other regulations related to the services provided by football player agents before acting as such in their territory.

The exam will be based on FIFA regulations and specific educational resources published for each call.

The exam can be answered in Spanish, French, or English (the authorized candidate can freely choose the language) and will consist of 20 questions. Each authorized candidate must select one or more answers for each multiple-choice question.

Yes. Any individual can check if a person is a football player agent by accessing the FIFA directory of football player agents, which is on the FIFA website. The FIFA directory of football player agents is the only official source in this field.

All potential clients should consult and verify the information contained in the FIFA directory of football player agents to check the credentials of anyone presenting themselves as a football player agent.

Yes. football player agents can carry out their activities through an agency. An agency is defined as an organization, entity, firm, or private company that contracts, integrates, employs, or acts as an intermediary in the activity of one or more football player agents.

No, football player agent licenses are non-transferable.

The platform is open to the public solely for the purpose of applying for the football player agent license. Once the license is obtained, football player agents will receive full access to the platform. They will also have to fulfill a series of disclosure and information obligations on the platform. In addition, through the platform, they will pay the annual fee and carry out continuous professional development.

The general public will be able to freely access the directory of football player agents from the FIFA website.

FIFA organizes up to two exams per year (usually in May and November). After the initial years of implementation, only one exam per year will be organized.

Yes, applications are open to individuals worldwide, regardless of nationality or residence.

The exam lasts 60 minutes and consists of 20 multiple-choice questions.

The license is granted for life.

To become an agent, no. However, to take the exam, yes. That's why Diplomasport offers assistance in multiple languages for taking the exam in the official languages.

FIFA will publish data related to football agents in three channels:

1. FIFA website (public access);
2. FIFA Legal Hub (only available to clients); and
3. FIFA Agents Platform (only available to football player agents, member federations, and FIFA itself).

All parties to a transaction, such as players, coachs, clubs, legally independent leagues, or member federations, may be sanctioned if they use the services of individuals who do not have a football player agent license (Art. 18, para. 2 a). Additionally, no person acting without a license will be able to become a football player agent for at least 24 months following the last activity they irregularly exercised. As the directory of football player agents is publicly accessible, anyone can check if a person holds a football player agent license.