FIFA Football Agent Exam Advice
FIFA FOOTBALL AGENT EXAM ADVICE ๐ฃ๏ธ Itโs the FIFA Football Agent exam โ๐ผin less than a week and quite a few people have reached out asking for exam tips. I passed my exam many moons ago and have almost forgotten what it was like ๐ . However, a few things I can advise are: 1๏ธโฃ It […]
Football Jerseys
Football Jerseys ๐๐ A football jersey is a shirt worn by members of a footie team to identify them as members of that team. A uniform basicallyโฆ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ. I hear the name comes from Jersey, a region of the British Isles where the jersey was first developed. Maybe James Brown, our US soccer historian can verify […]
African Nations – Foreign Coach v. Local Coach
African Nations – Foreign Coach v. Local Coach ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ A few weeks ago, ex Nigerian international Finidi George was announced as the new coach of the Nigerian national football team – the Super Eagles ๐ฆ , after fighting off some really fierce competition from both local and foreign coaches. A huge congratulations to him first […]
What is a Contract ?
What is a Contract? ๐ Yesterday, I was part of a very insightful webinar courtesy of Beverley A Agbakoba-Onyejianya and the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA SBL) on the importance of contractual stability, and respecting contracts in the sports and entertainment industry. That said, before you even start to discuss honouring a […]
Sports betting
Sports Betting ๐ฐ๐ฐ Betting is where you โgamble” money on the outcome of an event. So basically, you pay a certain amount of money with the intent of winning more money. Bets can be placed on a race, a card game, and yessssโฆ a football match. Iโm sure many of us have placed light-hearted โbetsโ […]
Fake football agents
FAKE FOOTBALL AGENTS ๐ฎ๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ This may be a good time to revisit one of my favourite topics ๐๐พ Fake Football Agents ! For those asking why I havenโt posted my new shiny digital FIFA licence on social media, the answer is simpleโฆ. ๐ Aside probably not being as excited about it as some of the […]
Part 3: Multiple Nationality Football Players – Switching national teams
Part 3: Multiple Nationality Football Players – Switching national teams ๐โฝ๏ธ๐ Another question that often crops up is โCan I switch and play for my country of origin when I have already played for my country of birth?โ. This may happen for instance if a player received a call up from his country of birth, […]
Part 2: Multiple Nationality Football Players – Sense v. Sentiments
Part 2: Multiple Nationality Football Players – Sense v. Sentiments ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ธ๐ณ ๐บ๐ธ ๐ซ๐ท ๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐น ๐ช๐ธ ๐จ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ท ๐ง๐ท ๐ธ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ท ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป ๐ธ๐ช ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฌ ๐ฟ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฌ In Part 1, Chinedu established that he was eligible to play for Nigeria and England. So what […]
Part 1: Multiple Nationality Football Players – Eligibility
Part 1: Multiple Nationality Football Players – Eligibility ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟโฝ๏ธ Football players who are eligible to play for more than one country are usually left confused and conflicted about which country to play for. โDo I play for my country of birth or do I play for my country of origin?โ. I have even come across […]
I passed the FIFA agents exam, what now?
I PASSED THE EXAM – WHAT NOW ? ๐ค๐ค๐ค A huge congratulations again to all those who managed to sail through the agents exam (donโt forget to pay your $600 within 90 days) ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ.. and to those who didnโt make it this time, donโt be too disheartened. See it as part of the journey. I […]