European Football Agents Associations

Players' Agents perform an indispensable role in connecting and preserving the layers of the European Model of Sport. The professional services that are provided by agents in the football sector are crucial for the education and development of talent and the protection of athletes whose careers are, in general, short.

Many states of the European Union regulate the activity of Sport Agents through general statutory interventions or common laws such as contract law and agency work laws. Others have established a sport specific statutory basis for agent regulation. The complexity in this legal environment is aggravated by the rulemaking activities of international sports federations. The mandatory transposition of international sports regulations by national associations has increased legal inconsistencies and conflicts in the European sports sector.

As a consequence of the above and due to the development of a truly European market for athletes there is an urgent necessity for certainty and transparency in order to combat corruption in sport and the exploitation of athletes.

The European Football Agents Associations (EFAA) is established in 2007. The founding members are the national Agent Associations of the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Italy, England, France and Germany.

The EFAA has been formed to maintain, and where necessary, to introduce a high standard of professionalism, clarity and regulatory control in the profession of players' agents within the football family.

The EFAA is recognized by the European Commission and its national members are part of the national football structures. The EFAA seeks to participate in the sound regulation of agents and to combat corruption and criminal activities in sport.

The EFAA wishes to stress its important role in the (self-) regulation of the profession of agents and professional football in general, within the boundaries of European Law. Efficient and enforceable regulation is merely achievable with the support, participation and the consent of the organized collective of Players' Agents, in a spirit of transparency and collaboration with all relevant stakeholders in football.

EFAA currently represents:
1500+ Agents from 17 Countries (including the associated members) and 4 continents.