Player Agents

This section provides information on individuals that wish to apply to become a FIFA Players’ Agent

The FIFA Players’ Agent examination is held twice annually.

In order to be eligible to sit the examination in Wales a candidate must have been resident in Wales for at least the previous two years and must be able to confirm this via a copy of a relevant bill.
The examination is held in March and September each year and there is currently a £100.00 fee to sit the examination. This includes an enhanced CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) check.

The examination consists of 15 questions set by FIFA and 5 set by the Football Association of Wales (FAW). Candidates have a maximum of 90 minutes to complete the examination and no copies of any applicable regulations are permitted into the examination room. The examination takes places at the FAW Headquarters in Cardiff.

Successful candidates are required to take out the necessary insurances to trade as a FIFA Players’ Agent within 12 months of passing the examination.
Further information can be obtained by emailing:registrations@faw.co.uk

Required Reading

The examination material will consist of the following documents:

• FIFA Statutes, as adopted at the Congress in Johannesburg on 10 June 2010
• Regulations governing the application of the FIFA Statutes
• FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, edition 2010, including the Annexes (1 to 5)
• Rules for the Status and Transfer of Futsal Players, Annex 6 of the FIFA Regulations
• FIFA Players’ Agent Regulations, edition 2008, including the Annexes 1, 2 and 3
• Rules governing the procedures of the Players’ Status Committee and the Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) 2008 edition
• FIFA Disciplinary Code, Edition 2009 first Title: Chapter 1, Section 1 to 6 and Chapter II, Section 8
• Circulars and any annexes as follows:
  
  • No 792: Coordinated international Match Calendar
  • No 1125: Revised FIFA Players’ Agent Regulations
  • No 1147: Eligibility to play for representative teams (Art. 15- 18 Regulations Governing the Application of FIFA Statutes)
  • No 1148: Revised Rules Governing the Procedures of the Players Status Committee and the DRC
  • No 1160: Revised FIFA Players’ Agent Regulations
  • No 1190: Revised Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players – Protection of Minors
  • No 1200: Amendments to the FIFA Statutes and to the Regulations Governing the Application of the Statutes
  • No 1209: Protection of minors
  • No 1223: FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players – Categorisation of clubs and registration periods
  • No 1228: International Match Calendar – amended dates
  • No 1233: Amended Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players and reviewed Rules Governing the procedures of the Players’ Status Committee and the DRC
  • No 1249: Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players – training compensation and categorisation of clubs

The above circulars as well as the other examination materials can be accessed and downloaded from FIFA’s official website:http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/administration/index.html
The FAW Articles of Association and Rules and Regulations of the FAW must also be studied in advance of an examination for the purposes of the domestic section of the examination and can be found via following link: http://www.faw.org.uk/Handbook.ink
A list of current FIFA Player Agents recognised by the FAW is attached below: