Program & Speakers

AIAF CONGRESS - KIEV 2017
18 and 19 SEPTEMBER 2017
 
 
 
MINORS IN FOOTBALL

 
 
DAY 1
 

8:30: Reception of the delegates

9:00: Opening words

  • Patricia MOYERSOEN, Lawyer, AIAF President, Paris, France
  • Yuliya MOROZOVA, Lawyer, Kiev, Ukraine

 

9:15: Introduction: Definition, Protection and Mobility of "Minors"

  • Patricia MOYERSOEN, Lawyer, AIAF President, Paris, France
  • Raffaele POLI, Head of the CIES Football Observatory, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
 
 
9:30: 
SESSION 1: Education & Training of Minors
 
Moderator
  • Daniel CRAVO SOUZA, Lawyer, Porto Alegre, Brazil


 Who does (should) finance?

 What is (should be) financed?

 What are (should be) the expected financial results?

  • Nasr El Din AZZAM, Lawyer, Cairo, Egypt
  • Igor GRYSHCHENKO, Head of FFU Legal Department, Secretary of FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee, Kiev, Ukraine
  • Andrey KHARITONCHUK, Head of FC Shakhtar Legal Departement, Kiev, Ukraine

 

10:30: Coffee break

 

Round table on legal issues:

 What kind of contractual relationship between clubs and academies?

 Are children sufficiently protected (example of the child abuse scandal within UK football)?

 Football Education and Scholastic Education: what are the minimum standards?

  • Stephen SAMPSON, Lawyer, London, England
  • Karim ADYEL, Lawyer, Casablanca, Morocco
  • Sevan KARIAN, Lawyer, Paris, France

 

12:15: Lunch

 

14:00:

SESSION 2: Minors Working as Football Players

Moderator

  • David CASSERLY, Lawyer, Lausanne, Switzerland

 

 How to contract with minors?

 Who is (should be) paid as a result of the work of minors?

  • Renaud DUCHENE, Head of Legal Sports, RSC Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium
  • Daan DE JONG, Legal Counsel at European Club Association, Nyon, Switzerland
  • Alexandra GOMEZ BRUINEWOUD, Legal Counsel, FIFPro, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

 

Round table on legal issues:

 Different types of professional players' contracts (examples of National Regulations)

 Obligation to sign the first professional contract with the club which provided the training

 Role of intermediaries and the parents. Signature of the contract: Is the player bound by the contract signed by his parents?

  • François KLEIN, Lawyer, Paris, France
  • Sven DEMEULEMEESTER, Lawyer, Brussels, Belgium
  • João NOGUEIRA DA ROCHA, Lawyer, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Markiyan KLIUCHKOVSHYI, Member of FFU Dispute Resolution Chamber, Kiev, Ukraine

 

15:45: Coffee break

 

 Minors playing with their national teams

 Case of bi-national players representing one country at youth international level and another at senior international level: FIFA Regulations and legal challenges

 Specific issue of Mexican players born in the USA

  • Horacio GONZALEZ MULLIN, Lawyer, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Ettore MAZZILLI, Lawyer, Bari - Italy, Doha - Qatar
  • Paolo TORCHETTI, Lawyer, Valencia, Spain

 

17:30: Conclusion

 

19:30: Cocktail and Gala dinner for AIAF members and guest speakers


 
 
DAY 2

8:30: Reception of the delegates

9:00: Opening words

  • Patricia MOYERSOEN, Lawyer, AIAF President, Paris, France

 
9:15: 
SESSION 3: Mobility of Minors in Football
 
Moderator
  • Marcos MOTTA, Lawyer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


 Transfering Minors: FIFA Regulations & their enforcement

 Principle of prohibition of tranfers/loans of minors (art. 19.1)

  Written exceptions (art. 19.2)

 The so-called "five-year rule" (art. 19.3 & 19.4); Unofficial exceptions?

 How to monitor international transfers of minors?

 The role of FIFA TMS

 FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid cases

 How do third parties promote careers of minors? Intermediaries? TPO/TPI?

  • Kimberly MORRIS, General Manager and Head of Integrity and Compliance at FIFA TMS GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Lucas FERRER, Lawyer, Barcelona, Spain
  • Miguel GARCIA CABA, Lawyer, Madrid, Spain

 

11:00: Coffee break

 

Round table on legal issues

  • Juan de Dios CRESPO PEREZ, Lawyer, Valencia, Spain
  • Stefano LAPORTA, Lawyer, Rome, Italy
  • Mélanie SCHÄRER, Lawyer, Schindellegi, Switzerland

 

12:45: Lunch

 

14:00

 And now, what's next?

 Responsabilities of football stakeholders

 Good practices

 AIAF's proposals for a better system / AIAF's Recommendations

  • Joachim RAIN, Lawyer, Ludwigsburg, Germany
  • Sébastien LEDURE, Lawyer, Brussels, Belgium
  • Luiz RIBEIRO, Lawyer, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

15:00 : AIAF General Assembly

 

 

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