TBD FOOTBALL EDUCATION
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African Nations - Foreign Coach v. Local Coach
A few weeks ago, ex Nigerian international Finidi George was announced as the new coach of the Nigerian national football team - the Super Eagles 🦅
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Football Jerseys 👕😍
A football jersey is a shirt worn by members of a footie team to identify them as members of that team. A uniform basically…🤷🏽♀️.
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Part 3: FIFA Training Compensation - Article 20 RSTP ⚽️
If you haven’t read Parts 1 and 2, it would be a good idea to take a quick peak at those before reading Part 3.
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Part 2: FIFA Training Compensation - Article 20 RSTP ⚽️
All clubs affiliated to FIFA and registered on TMS are categorised (from 1 to 4) based on the club’s financial investment in training players.
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Part 1: FIFA Training Compensation - Article 20 RSTP ⚽️
Training Compensation (“TC”) is another one of FIFA’s training rewards. Those who know me know how passionate I am about the subject of training rewards because it gives back to the grassroots.
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FIFA Football Agent Exam Advice 🗣️
It’s the FIFA Football Agent exam ✍🏼in less than a week and quite a few people have reached out asking for exam tips.
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Professional v Amateur football players - ARTICLE 2 RSTP ⚽️
According to the FIFA regulations, players participating in Organised football are either amateurs or professionals.
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Part 3: Multiple Nationality Football Players - Switching national teams 🔁⚽️🌍
Another question that often crops up is “Can I switch and play for my country of origin when I have already played for my country of birth?”.
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Part 2: Multiple Nationality Football Players - Sense v. Sentiments
In Part 1, Chinedu established that he was eligible to play for Nigeria and England. So what next? How does he decide which country to play for? 🤷♀️
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Part 1: Multiple Nationality Football Players - Eligibility 🇳🇬🏴⚽️
Football players who are eligible to play for more than one country are usually left confused and conflicted about which country to play for.
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Yaaay!!! 🙌🏽…. It’s Mental Health Awareness Week from May 13 to 19 May so I thought….
Admittedly, we all need to take care of our mental health, especially if we work in high pressure environments.
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Part 2: FIFA Solidarity Mechanism - ARTICLE 21
I usually find that it’s easier to explain solidarity contributions with an example. If you haven’t watched my video on Electronic Player Passports or EPPs (as they are called these days)
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Part 1: FIFA Solidarity Mechanism - ARTICLE 21
Another one of my favourite topics 😍… because it gives back to the grassroots 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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ATTENDING CONFERENCES 🔊🔊🔊
New and aspiring football agents have been asking how best to grow their network…
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I have a very serious concern in relation to…….
Under the new FIFA Football Agent process, all I had to do to allow me represent minors was to complete a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course, which was actually very interesting by the way.
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FAKE FOOTBALL AGENTS 👮🏼♂️🚔
This may be a good time to revisit one of my favourite topics 👉🏾 Fake Football Agents !
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Third Party Ownership (TPO) - PART TWO
To help us answer this question let’s examine two hypothetical scenarios of simple TPO agreements (an advantage and a disadvantage):
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Third Party Ownership (TPO) - PART ONE
Third Party Ownership is a controversial topic which although banned by FIFA in 2015,
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Did you know
…..A player does not have to pay an agent any commission where he/she concluded their employment contract without the involvement of the agent.
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Data Scouting… 📈📊✍🏼
Every time players in Africa hear that there is going to be a scouting tournament, attended by lots of European scouts and agents, it sends pure excitement through the air 😆🤸🏾♀️⚽️🌎.
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Did you know
After venturing into the PR side of the football industry around 2007-ish, and travelling to Ghana to work on a couple of projects with Ghanaian internationals
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REPRESENTATION CONTRACTS 📑
This is where you work with one agent and you are not allowed to enter into a representation agreement with any other agent(s) for the duration of the exclusive agreement you signed with the agent.
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⚽️⚽️⚽️ Individual Match Bonuses ⚽️⚽️⚽️
I have had some interesting conversations recently about bonuses - "match goal bonuses", "appearance fees", "winning bonuses", "qualification bonuses", "promotion bonuses",
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*** Football Player / Agent relationships ***
In my last post I specified the need for football players to use a licensed agent, but I also hinted at the fact that using a licensed agent doesn’t guarantee success.
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***WORKING WITH A LICENSED AGENT***
I am regularly asked by young players how best to find a suitable football agent to work with. My first advise is to make sure the agent is licensed by FIFA.
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Let’s talk about the FIFA CLEARING HOUSE 😥😩😭 - PART 4
Here is the final scenario (for now…) in the “FCP Series” and then we can move onto a few other areas of interest… Quite a few suggestions have been coming through so I’ve added them to my list 😊
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Let’s talk about the FIFA CLEARING HOUSE 😥😩😭 - PART 3
I have received a few experiences shared privately where individuals didn’t feel comfortable sharing them publicly. These were mainly about their MAs, unsurprisingly.
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Let’s talk about the FIFA CLEARING HOUSE 😥😩😭 - PART 2
Thank you for all the comments on the previous post and to all those that reached out to offer assistance with navigating the hurdles of the FIFA Clearing House (“FCH”).
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Let’s talk about the FIFA CLEARING HOUSE 😥😩😭 - PART 1
This is an area that may not be familiar to a lot of people, however, over the past few days/weeks this topic has been a recurring one in my circles so I’d like to hear the experiences of others in the (African) football circle.
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FIFA Regulations
FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (“RSTP”): Article 14bis - Unilateral termination of a contract with “Just Cause”.
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FIFA Regulations
FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (“RSTP”): Article 12bis - Non Payment of Salaries
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Regulations
FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (“RSTP”): Article 12bis - Non Payment of Salaries
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Eby's Life Experiences
Over the next few weeks, I thought I’d share some of my experiences of working in the football industry.
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JAPA AIRWAYS ✈️🌍
Nigerians are well versed with the Nigerian slang “Japa”, which is a term used to describe someone emigrating to another country! In the Yoruba language it loosely translates to “escape” or “run away”
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The joys of working as a football agent..
What is it with clubs that want the best of the best, but won’t (or can’t afford to) pay for it…? 🤷🏽♀️
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Cybercrime Prevention
The Cybercrime Prevention Act 2012 defines Cyberbullying as “acts of using information and communications technology to intimidate, harass, or cause emotional distress”.
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HEALTH 🫀
It was absolutely devastating to hear that five Nigerian fans collapsed and died watching the Super Eagles play Bafana Bafana during the hashtag#AFCON2023 semi final match last Wednesday. May their souls rest in perfect peace 🙏🏾.
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I ❤️ AFCON as it’s a great opportunity provider !!!
Young footballers always ask what it takes to be successful. As much as I know that there isn’t a guaranteed recipe for success, the recipe that always comes to mind (and which could apply to any industry) is -
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