Football Agent Exam Study Materials PDF

7 1. Former association: the association to which the former club is affiliated. 2. Former club: the club that the player is leaving. 3. New association: the association to which the new club is affiliated. 4. New club: the club that the player is joining. 5. Official matches: matches play...

7 1. Former association: the association to which the former club is affiliated. 2. Former club: the club that the player is leaving. 3. New association: the association to which the new club is affiliated. 4. New club: the club that the player is joining. 5. Official matches: matches played within the framework of organised football, such as national league championships, national cups and international championships for clubs, but not including friendly and trial matches. 6. Organised football: association football organised under the auspices of FIFA, the confederations and the associations, or authorised by them. 7. Protected period: a period of three entire seasons or three years, whichever comes first, following the entry into force of a contract, where such contract is concluded prior to the 28th birthday of the professional, or two entire seasons or two years, whichever comes first, following the entry into force of a contract, where such contract is concluded after the 28th birthday of the professional. 8. Registration period: a period fixed by the relevant association in accordance with article 6. 9. Season: a consecutive 12-month period fixed by an association during which its official competitions, such as national league championships and national cup competitions, occur. 10. Training compensation: the payments made in accordance with Annexe 4 to cover the development of young players. 11. Minor: a player who has not yet reached the age of 18. 12. Academy: an organisation or an independent legal entity whose primary, long-term objective is to provide players with long-term training through the provision of the necessary training facilities and infrastructure. This shall primarily include, but not be limited to, football training centres, football camps, football schools, etc. 13. Transfer matching system (TMS): a web-based data information system with the primary objective of simplifying the process of international player transfers as well as improving transparency and the flow of information. Football Agent Exam Study Materials – May 2023 edition - 210 Definitions For the purpose of these regulations, the terms set out below are defined as follows:  8 14. Third party: a party other than the player being transferred, the two clubs transferring the player from one to the other, or any previous club, with which the player has been registered. 15. Eleven-a-side football: football played in accordance with the Laws of the Game as authorised by the International Football Association Board. 16. Futsal: football played in accordance with the Futsal Laws of the Game that have been drawn up by FIFA in collaboration with the Sub-Committee of the International Football Association Board. 17. Registration: the act of making a written record containing details of a player that include: a) the start date of the registration (format: dd/mm/yyyy); b) the full name (first, middle and last names) of the player; c) the date of birth, gender, nationality, status as an amateur or a professional (as per article 2 paragraph 2 of these regulations), and nature of the registration (on a permanent basis or on loan); d) the type(s) of football the player will play (eleven-a-side football/futsal/beach soccer); e) the name of the club at the association where the player will play (including the FIFA ID of the club); f) the training categorisation of the club at the moment of the registration; g) the FIFA ID of the player; 18. Electronic player registration system: an online electronic information system with the ability to record the registration of all players at their association. The electronic player registration system must be integrated with the FIFA Connect ID Service and the FIFA Connect Interface in order to exchange information electronically. The electronic player registration system must provide all registration information for all players from the age of 12 through the FIFA Connect Interface and, in particular, must assign each player a FIFA ID utilising the FIFA Connect ID Service. 19. FIFA Connect ID Service: a service provided by FIFA assigning globally valid unique identifiers (the FIFA ID) to individuals, organisations, and facilities, providing duplicate information in case of a second registration of the same entity, and keeping a central record of the current registration(s) of all entities with an assigned FIFA ID. Definitions h) the FIFA ID of the association.  Football Agent Exam Study Materials – May 2023 edition - 211 9 20. FIFA ID: the worldwide unique identifier given by the FIFA Connect ID Service to each club, association, player and football agent. 21. International transfer: the movement of the registration of a player from one association to another association. 22. National transfer: the movement of the registration of a player at an association from one club to another within the same association. 23. Electronic domestic transfer system: an online electronic information system with the ability to administer and monitor all national transfers within an association, in line with the principles of the model implemented at international level through the transfer matching system (cf. Annexe 3). At a minimum, the system must collect the full name, gender, nationality, date of birth and FIFA ID of the player, the status (amateur or professional as per article 2 paragraph 2 of these regulations), the name and FIFA ID of the two clubs involved in the national transfer, as well as any payments between the clubs, if applicable. The electronic domestic transfer system must be integrated with the electronic registration system of the association and with the FIFA Connect Interface in order to exchange information electronically. 24. Bridge transfer: any two consecutive transfers, national or international, of the same player connected to each other and comprising a registration of that player with the middle club to circumvent the application of the relevant regulations or laws and/or defraud another person or entity. 25. Purely amateur club: a club with no legal, financial or de facto links to a professional club that: i. is only permitted to register amateur players; or ii. has no registered professional players; or 26. FIFA Connect Interface: a technical interface provided by FIFA within the FIFA Connect Programme, used to exchange electronic end-to-end encrypted messages between member associations, and between member associations and FIFA. 27. Training rewards: the mechanisms which compensate training clubs for their role in the training and education of young players, namely training compensation (cf. article 20) and the solidarity mechanism (cf. article 21). Definitions iii. has not registered any professional players in the three years prior to a particular date.  Football Agent Exam Study Materials – May 2023 edition - 212 10 28. Coach: an individual employed in a football-specific occupation by a professional club or association whose: i. employment duties consist of one or more of the following: training and coaching players, selecting players for matches and competitions, making tactical choices during matches and competitions; and/or ii. employment requires the holding of a coaching licence in accordance with a domestic or continental licensing regulation. 29. Professional club: a club that is not a purely amateur club. 30. Maternity leave: a minimum period of 14 weeks’ paid absence granted to a female player due to her pregnancy, of which a minimum of eight weeks must occur after the birth of the child. 31. Club-trained player: a player who, between the age of 15 (or the start of the season during which he turns 15) and 21 (or the end of the season during which he turns 21), and irrespective of his nationality and age, registered with his current club for a period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons or of 36 months. 32. Trial: a temporary period during which a player that is not registered with a club is evaluated by that club. 33. FIFA Clearing House: the entity that acts as an intermediary in relation to processing certain payments made in the football transfer system. 34. Electronic Player Passport (EPP): an electronic document containing consolidated registration information of a player throughout their career, including the relevant member association, their status (amateur or professional), the type of registration (permanent or loan), and the club(s) (including training category) with which they have been registered since the calendar year of their 12th birthday. 35. Transfer Compensation: a compensation which a new club of a player pays, or commits to pay to a player’s former club, in exchange for the former club’s acceptance to release the player from a binding contractual relationship. Compensation for breach of contract pursuant to article 17 herein is not considered transfer compensation. 36. Matching Exception: the status of an international transfer in TMS when both clubs have entered the basic information correctly (player, clubs and transfer instruction), but there are still transfer details (payment details or loan dates) that do not match in both transfer instructions. This mismatch prevents the transfer from proceeding. Football Agent Exam Study Materials – May 2023 edition - 213 11 37. TMS User: an individual trained and authorised to access TMS on behalf of a club or association. All TMS users have their own unique login credentials. 38. TMS Manager: the main TMS user and point of contact for a club or association with access to TMS. 39. Transfer Instruction: the information entered in TMS to transfer a player from one club to another. The transfer instruction type is defined by the information entered: (i) “engage” or “release”; (ii) “permanently” or “on loan”; (iii) “professional player” or “amateur player”; (iv) with transfer agreement” or “without transfer agreement”; (v) “against payment” or “free of payment”. 40. Validation Exception: an issue relating to an international transfer in TMS that prevents it from proceeding to the next status, thus requiring FIFA’s intervention. 41. Competition period: the period starting with the first official match of the national league championship or national cup competition, whichever comes first, and ending with the last official match played within those competitions. Reference is also made to the Definitions section in the FIFA Statutes. Definitions NB: Terms referring to natural persons are applicable to both genders. Any term in the singular applies to the plural and vice-versa.  Football Agent Exam Study Materials – May 2023 edition - 214