How to Become a Football Agent

How to Become a Football Agent is a four-day football agent course in Lisbon, run by Golpath Institute. Breaking into football is hard, and the agent route is one of the hardest to start on your own. This course puts you in the room with working football agents, so you see how the job is really done and pick up the skills to start your own career in player representation.

Rather than following a syllabus, the course is built around real access. You work through how transfers and player contracts are negotiated, the FIFA Football Agent Regulations behind them, how agents build and manage the player relationship, and what the first years in the job actually look like.

- **The deal:** negotiation skills, transfers and player contracts, legal aspects and the FIFA Football Agent Regulations - **The player relationship:** player wellness and mindset, representing female players - **The path in:** a day in the life of a football agent, an honest overview of the FIFA Agent Exam, building your network in the industry - **Your own pathway:** on the last day you build your 3–5 year career plan and get feedback on it

Practitioner-led workshops with football agents, visits to clubs and organisations, networking with speakers, a personal pathway session on the last day, and a Golpath Institute certificate of participation. Travel, accommodation and meals are not included; accommodation in Lisbon can be arranged on request.

The course is led by Guilherme von Cupper, CEO of Berlin Sports - Bridge for Talents and a specialist in international football transfers. Sessions are run by practising football agents who work in the transfer market every day.

Anyone who wants to become a football agent, whether you're preparing for the FIFA Agent Exam, just starting out, or moving into agency work from another role in football. No prior experience needed.

Two intakes in 2027: 18–21 March or 15–18 July. Delivered in person in Lisbon, in English (B2 minimum), open to participants aged 18+. The programme fee is €2,490 including VAT, with an early-bird rate of €1,860 if booked by 31 December 2026.

Not sure the agent route is yours? Golpath Institute runs two more programmes in Lisbon in 2027: **How to Become a Sports Lawyer** (19–24 July 2027), a one-week sports law course led by Jan Schweele LL.M. covering real cases from transfer disputes to CAS appeals; and **How to Step into the Sports Industry** (21–25 June 2027), a one-week sports business programme where you meet the people running sports organisations and shape your own path into the industry.

Golpath Institute runs short, practical sports education programmes in Lisbon. All programmes sit under Berlin Sports, an international sports agency founded in 2012 that has worked with more than 1,100 football clubs across 100+ countries, and participants get direct access to that network. Golpath Institute grew out of the Berlin Sports summer school in Lisbon, now in its third edition.