Juan Figer

Juan Figer Svirski (born January 1, 1930 or October 4, 1934 in Montevideo ) is a Uruguayan - Brazilian player agent in football . His company MJF Publicidade e Promoções S / C Ltda. in São Paulo , which he runs together with his two sons, has numerous well-known players such as Robinho , Júlio Baptista , Alex, Zé Roberto , and in Europe Luís Figo and Marcos Sennaunder contract. His company is one of the most influential player agencies in the world. Figer is involved in many large player transfers from South America and has good business relationships with the chairman of Fenerbahçe Istanbul Aziz Yıldırım .

Career

Figer was born in Montevideo. His exact date of birth is disputed. In his tax return it was stated on October 4, 1934, according to his own statements, he was born on January 1, 1930. Figer was a youth chess master in his home country. In 1968 he moved to São Paulo and earned his living as an outpatient dealer in textiles. He made contact with local football clubs and important personalities such as Pelé . He met Joseph Blatter through Pelé and later became the first players' agent to acquire the official FIFA license.

In 1997, an investigation by the Brazilian prosecutor into the transfer of Ze Roberto was reported, since 700 million pesetas had disappeared from the transfer business. In addition to Figer himself, the Uruguayan club Central Español was involved in the transfer, which, according to press reports, was owned by Figers at the time. Other participants were Real Madrid , Manuel Gonçalves Pacheco as president of the Brazilian club Portuguesa and the player Ze Roberto himself.

In 2004, Bayer Leverkusen filed a voluntary disclosure with MJF Publicidade e Promoções S / C Ltda due to incomprehensible payment methods . A sum of 11.85 million euros was transferred without consideration. The suspicion lay in untaxed ancillary payments that were noticed during an audit of the Bayer Group. There were also a number of procedures where Figer-mediated players entered Europe with forged passports.

MJF Publicidade e Promoções S / C Ltda.

MJF Publicidade e Promoções S / C Ltda. is based in São Paulo. Juan Figer Svirski and Wagner Ribeiro are the owners of the company.

Transfers

Some of the most significant transfers made with the involvement of Figer's companies include:

• March 1997: Zé Roberto from Portuguesa de Desportos to Real Madrid via Central Español FC (Uruguay), transaction amount 10 million dollars
• July 2000: Luís Figo for Real Madrid , transaction amount EUR 65 million
• July 2004 Alex joined the Fenerbahçe Istanbul association, transaction amount EUR 5 million
• July 2006 Deivid, Edu Dracena and Diego Lugano for the Fenerbahçe Istanbul association, transaction amount EUR 15 million
• July 2005 Robinho for Real Madrid club, transaction amount EUR 50 million
• July 2005 Júlio Baptista for Real Madrid, transaction amount EUR 20 million
• July 2008 Robinho for Manchester City club , transaction amount EUR 42.5 million
• August 2011 Thiago Ribeiro for the Cagliari Calcio association , transaction amount EUR 5 million

Soccer player

Juan Figer has or had the following internationally important players under contract:

• Zico
• Robinho
• Marcos Senna
• Alex
• Júlio Baptista
• Diego Lugano
• Luís Figo
• Zé Roberto
• Fábio Aurélio
• Hulk
• Neymar
• José Kléberson
• Alberto Acosta
• Thiago Ribeiro

Web links

• Company profile of MJF Publicidade e Promoções S / C Ltda
• Juan Gomez, Marcus Weber: Player dealer Figer: Caught in the web of the spider man , Spiegel Online , June 7, 2006
• Juan Figer - the shadow man on Abendblatt.de from August 27, 2008

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ Hauke ​​Goos: The King of Secrecy Spiegel Spezial, 2/2006, April 4, 2006.
2. ↑ Puller with gold chains on stern.de from March 9, 2009, accessed on December 8, 2016
3. ↑ La Fiscalía de Brasil busca 700 millones del fichaje de Ze Roberto (Spanish) on elmundo.es of December 3, 1997, accessed on December 8, 2016