Agent fees rebound to $622.8 million. UEFA's six major markets account for more than 80%
December 16 - Player agents and intermediaries earned a total of $622.8 million in 2022, according to FIFA's latest figures from its Transfer Match System (TMS) database.
The figure marks a rebound for agent fees after a decline in 2020 followed by a slight increase in 2021, with FIFA pointing out that clubs' total expenditure on intermediary service fees is now almost back to levels of before the 2019 pandemic.
“This represents an increase of 24.3% over the previous year and is only 4.9% lower than the record level of expenditure on fees for intermediary services in 2019. This increase is notably due to service fees paid to club intermediaries, which actually reached a new all-time high, surpassing the previous record set in 2019,” FIFA said.
"For comparison, club spending on transfer fees is just beginning to rebound from the pandemic, but the figure for 2022 is still 11.6% below the 2019 record."
The total number of male player transfers involving intermediaries in 2022 was 4,139, more than 20% of total transfers.
FIFA said 520 of the 4,762 clubs that registered an international transfer also engaged an intermediary, and of the 17,240 players who crossed borders this year, 2,886 (16.9%) were represented or assisted by an intermediary.
The number of international transfers of female professional players over the same period involving intermediaries was considerably lower than in men's football with 106 transfers representing clubs (over 24% of the total) and 340 transfers representing players (more than 21% of the total). Agents earn considerably less with the women's game, with less than $1 million earned in total. Even so, it's still double the 2021 figure.
In men's soccer, in over 90% of cases, agents received less than $1 million in service fees per transaction, with $100,000-100,000 being the most common amount received.
>There were 151 cases where agent service fees exceeded $1 million. FIFA pointed out that they "represent approximately two-thirds (64.6%) of the total amount paid by clubs to intermediaries, with isolated cases of service fees even exceeding $10 million.
Looking globally at where fees are paid, it's no surprise that a large proportion of intermediary transfers involve UEFA clubs.
“In 2022, clubs affiliated to UEFA member associations accounted for 96.2% of the $622.8 million spent on intermediary service fees. Portugal, Spain, Germany and France alone accounted for 80.9% of the global sum," FIFA said.
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December 16 - Player agents and intermediaries earned a total of $622.8 million in 2022, according to FIFA's latest figures from its Transfer Match System (TMS) database.
The figure marks a rebound for agent fees after a decline in 2020 followed by a slight increase in 2021, with FIFA pointing out that clubs' total expenditure on intermediary service fees is now almost back to levels of before the 2019 pandemic.
“This represents an increase of 24.3% over the previous year and is only 4.9% lower than the record level of expenditure on fees for intermediary services in 2019. This increase is notably due to service fees paid to club intermediaries, which actually reached a new all-time high, surpassing the previous record set in 2019,” FIFA said.
"For comparison, club spending on transfer fees is just beginning to rebound from the pandemic, but the figure for 2022 is still 11.6% below the 2019 record."
The total number of male player transfers involving intermediaries in 2022 was 4,139, more than 20% of total transfers.
FIFA said 520 of the 4,762 clubs that registered an international transfer also engaged an intermediary, and of the 17,240 players who crossed borders this year, 2,886 (16.9%) were represented or assisted by an intermediary.
The number of international transfers of female professional players over the same period involving intermediaries was considerably lower than in men's football with 106 transfers representing clubs (over 24% of the total) and 340 transfers representing players (more than 21% of the total). Agents earn considerably less with the women's game, with less than $1 million earned in total. Even so, it's still double the 2021 figure.
In men's soccer, in over 90% of cases, agents received less than $1 million in service fees per transaction, with $100,000-100,000 being the most common amount received.
>There were 151 cases where agent service fees exceeded $1 million. FIFA pointed out that they "represent approximately two-thirds (64.6%) of the total amount paid by clubs to intermediaries, with isolated cases of service fees even exceeding $10 million.
Looking globally at where fees are paid, it's no surprise that a large proportion of intermediary transfers involve UEFA clubs.
“In 2022, clubs affiliated to UEFA member associations accounted for 96.2% of the $622.8 million spent on intermediary service fees. Portugal, Spain, Germany and France alone accounted for 80.9% of the global sum," FIFA said.
To see the full analysis, click here.
Contact the author of this story at moc.l1671267412labto1671267412ofdlr1671267412owedi1671267412sni@n1671267412osloh1671267412cin.l1671267412uap1671267412
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