FIFA - Circular 1919 de 2025

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TO THE MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS OF FIFA Circular no. 1919

Zurich, 13 January 2025

Amendments to the FIFA Football Agent Regulations and implementation of an online exam

Dear Sir or Madam,

We are pleased to inform you that the FIFA Council approved an amendment to the FIFA Football Agent Regulations (FFAR) at its meeting on 10 December 2024.

This amendment was approved following a consultation process carried out with the Football Agent Working Group to discuss different methods for holding the FIFA Football Agent Exam as part of the current licensing system.

In those discussions, a consensus was reached that the possibility of holding an onl ine exam should be pursued to allow more candidates to take the exam without incurring travel costs and other related expenses that could serve as a barrier to entry the profession for prospective football agents. Since an online exam was not compatible with article 6 of the FFAR, such provision was amended to provide the FIFA administration with the necessary flexibility to determine the exam procedure.

The revised edition of the FFAR, which entered into force on 1 January 2025, is available here.

FIFA football agent exam in 2025

We are also pleased to provide you with additional information about the upcoming FIFA football agent exam in 2025.

Seeking constant improvement for the benefit of the stakeholders and individuals interested in becoming football agents, the FIFA football agent exam will be held online as of 2025. Some advantages of this are that the candidates will be able to sit the exam without needing to travel to an exam venue at a member association on the exam date.2

FIFA will communicate the terms and conditions of the FIFA football agent exam and the exam rules on the agent platform and the FIFA website in due course. In the meantime, you will find

to an exam venue at a member association on the exam date.2

FIFA will communicate the terms and conditions of the FIFA football agent exam and the exam rules on the agent platform and the FIFA website in due course. In the meantime, you will find the relevant information for the updated application period and exam date below.

Fifth FIFA football agent exam Application period 4 March 2025 to 17 April 2025 Exam date 18 June 2025

We would like to remind you that as of 2025, there will be only one exam per year.

Finally, we wanted to thank all member associations involved for their support and hard work in the organisation of all four editions of the FIFA football agent exam.

We thank you for your attention and for ensuring that your affiliated clubs and relevant stakeholders are informed accordingly. Please do not hesitate to contact Luis Villas-Boas Pires, Head of Agents, at regulatory@fifa.org should you have any questions in this regard.

Yours faithfully,

FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE

DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

Mattias Grafström Secretary General

cc:

• FIFA Council
• Confederations
• Football Agent Working Group