FIFA and The FA public registers, and what they do and do not prove
Football agent list: the two registers that actually verify one
Searches for football agents find paid databases and scraped lists. The governing bodies' free lists matter. FIFA lists every agent it licenses; The FA lists registered agents and their transactions. Minutes show who may lawfully act.
Free
FIFA's directory of all Football Agents licensed by FIFA, published openly rather than sold
Two registers
FIFA's licensed agents directory and The FA's registered football agents, which answer overlapping but different questions
1 June 2026
the date The FA Football Agent Regulations for the 2026/27 season came into effect
Question 1
Why do you need a list of agents?
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Scope of this checker
The 6 things it checks
- FIFA's public directory of licensed football agents
- The FA's register of registered football agents in England
- The FA's published agent transaction details, which almost nobody knows exist
- What a paid contact list actually sells you, and what it does not
- The questions that matter when the player is a minor
- Based on FIFA and FA published material read on 15 August 2026. Verification only: this site holds no list of its own
Football Agent Index is an information site. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to FIFA, The Football Association, any league, club or agency, and it is not a football agency, a law firm or a regulated adviser. It holds no list of agents of its own and sells no contact details: it points at the free public registers published by the governing bodies, which are better sources than anything we could assemble. Nothing here is legal advice, and the rules on representation, particularly of players under 18, sit in The FA Football Agent Regulations, which this site deliberately does not paraphrase. Every statement is taken from FIFA or FA published material cited on this page and read on the date shown at the top of it. Registers change, so verify any name against the live register rather than against any copy of one.
Where football agents are actually published, 2026
Last updated
The lists worth having are free and published by the governing bodies. Paid contact databases sell a different thing entirely, and it is not verification.
| Source | What it tells you | What it does not tell you | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIFA directory of licensed football agents | Whether a person holds a FIFA licence, which is the international credential | Whether they are taking on players, whether they work at your level, or anything about their record | Free |
| The FA register of registered football agents | Whether a person is registered to act in England, with a find function | The same limits. Registration is permission, not a recommendation | Free |
| The FA published agent transaction details | The deals agents have actually been involved in, on the public record rather than by claim | Why a deal happened, or what the agent contributed to it | Free |
| The FA standard representation agreements | What a straightforward representation contract looks like, downloadable before you are handed one | Whether the terms offered to you match it, which is the point of reading it first | Free |
| The FA Football Agent Regulations | The rules in force, with the 2026/27 season regulations effective from 1 June 2026 | Nothing. This is the governing document, and it is the thing to read rather than a summary of it | Free |
| FIFA Agents Chamber of the Football Tribunal | That there is a forum where disputes involving football agents are decided | How any individual dispute would be resolved | Free to know it exists |
| A paid contact database | Contact details, which is a different product from verification | Whether the person is licensed, registered, active, or interested. None of that comes with an email address | Charged |
- FIFA publishes a directory giving access to all Football Agents licensed by FIFA, free, rather than selling it.
- The FA publishes a register of FA Registered Football Agents in England with a find function, also free.
- The FA separately publishes agent transaction details, so agent involvement in deals is a matter of public record rather than of claim.
- The FA publishes standard representation agreements for download, which means a player can read what a normal contract looks like before being handed one.
- The FA Football Agent Regulations for the 2026/27 season came into effect from 1 June 2026.
- FIFA's Agents Department manages both the licence applications to become and remain a licensed agent and the procedures relating to agent disputes decided by the Agents Chamber of the Football Tribunal.
- Being on a register establishes permission to act, and says nothing about whether an agent is active, suitable or interested in a particular player.
How this was compiled, and how to cite it
Every source in this table is one published by FIFA or The FA and read on 15 August 2026. FIFA's page states that its Agents Department manages the licence applications to become and remain a FIFA-licensed Football Agent and the procedures relating to disputes involving football agents decided by the Agents Chamber of the Football Tribunal, and links a directory with the words: please click here to access all Football Agents licensed by FIFA. The FA's player status and agents page carries a register with a find function, standard representation agreements available to download, published agent transaction details, and the statement that The FA Football Agent Regulations for the 2026/27 season come into effect from 1st June 2026. No count of agents appears in this table, because a register is a live snapshot and a number published here would be wrong within weeks. No fee, commission rate or market figure appears either, because none is published by a governing body and an invented range would be a guess given the appearance of a benchmark. This site holds no list of its own and does not sell contact details.
Cite this page
“Where football agents are actually published, 2026”, Football Agent Index, https://footballagentindex.com/ (updated 2026-08-15). Every source in this table is one published by FIFA or The FA and read on 15 August 2026. FIFA's page states that its Agents Department manages the licence applications to become and remain a FIFA-licensed Football Agent and the procedures relating to disputes involving football agents decided by the Agents Chamber of the Football Tribunal, and links a directory with the words: please click here to access all Football Agents licensed by FIFA. The FA's player status and agents page carries a register with a find function, standard representation agreements available to download, published agent transaction details, and the statement that The FA Football Agent Regulations for the 2026/27 season come into effect from 1st June 2026. No count of agents appears in this table, because a register is a live snapshot and a number published here would be wrong within weeks. No fee, commission rate or market figure appears either, because none is published by a governing body and an invented range would be a guess given the appearance of a benchmark. This site holds no list of its own and does not sell contact details.
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Common questions
Is there a public list of football agents?
Yes, two, free. FIFA publishes a directory of all Football Agents licensed by FIFA. The FA publishes a register of FA Registered Football Agents in England, with a find function. Together they answer whether a person may lawfully act, a better question than a contact list. The FA also publishes agent transaction details, putting agents' deals on record.
How do I check whether a football agent is legitimate?
Search the exact name on The FA's register of registered football agents and on FIFA's directory of licensed football agents. Then check The FA's agent transaction details for actual deals. All three are free; it takes about five minutes. Search name variants, as agents often trade through an agency. Absent from all three yet asking for money is no oversight.
Should I pay a football agent up front?
In professional football an agent is normally paid from a transaction, not a family's savings, so a fee first needs explaining. First check both registers and the published transaction record. If registered, get in writing what the fee buys and who else pays them for this player. And what happens to the money if nothing comes of it.
Will a paid agent contact list get me representation?
It sells contacts, not verification or access. An email address says nothing about whether the holder is licensed, registered, active or interested. An unsolicited approach from an unknown player is the least effective route into representation. The free registers decide whether to deal with somebody at all. The FA's transaction record shows who operates at a given level.
What rules apply to agents representing under-18s?
In The FA Football Agent Regulations, updated for 2026/27 from 1 June 2026, published in full. We do not paraphrase them: a summary of a yearly-changing document can be wrong, at a child's cost. Instead: check both registers and read the regulations. Use The FA's standard representation agreement, settle who pays in writing, and take independent advice.
What is the FIFA Agents Chamber?
FIFA's Agents Department manages licence applications to become and remain a FIFA-licensed Football Agent. It also manages disputes involving football agents, decided by the Agents Chamber of the Football Tribunal. So disputes about agents have a forum, the answer to what happens when representation goes wrong. That is part of what makes the licence a credential, not a description.
Does being on a register mean an agent is any good?
No; this is the limit of both lists. A register shows permission to act, a floor, not a recommendation. It says nothing about who is taking on players, at what level, or with what record. The closest public source is The FA's published agent transaction details, which show involvement in actual deals, though not contribution.
Sources
This site's own datasets, every figure quoted from its source and dated:
- The Agent Fee and Conduct Rules carries 1 published figure read from 1 source's own page, from 500 to 500 EUR, read 7 November 2026.
- The median published figure in the Agent Service Fee Market is 654.70 USD across 3 figures from 1 source's own page in USD (range 280 to 888.10 USD; 2 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.
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