My brother-in-law played for Emelec, a premier team in Ecuador until recently when the under 21 side was disbanded owing to finace problems. He has been given his transfer documents - of which I have copies. He has a letter of recommendation for prospective clubs from Emelec which is duly signed by the coach and MD. He is stated to be a first class player whose profession should be given as "Footballer" in the same way we would label a person "Doctor" - incidentally he is also in his third year of medical school. He is on the national squad but has not been called up owing to a lower than desired amount of first team games because of his studies. He has played in several international tournaments in S. America and has been recognised as a "rising star" as it were by the local/national media over there - post match interviews etc following youth games. How do I arrange for him to have trials in the UK? From all reports he is certainly up to Premiership standards......
2006-11-22 08:41:32 · 9 answers · asked by Big Dave 2 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
He will get a UK work permit only if he has played a certain percentage of his country's internationals, or if he is judged to be a 'potential international'. This is up to the FA panel to judge, and for the club purchasing him to put their case forward. Mark Gonzalez and Salomon Kalou came by that route (the former famously had his transfer delayed by one season as Liverpool argued with the FA).
If he fails to get a work permit, then unfortunately he cannot work in the country. He can be registered as an employee of the club, but have to ply his trade elsewhere, perhaps on loan, until the FA gives their approval. That's what happened to Gonzalez when he went on loan to Real Sociedad last season whilst Liverpool sorted out the problems.
But because your brother-in-law is a free agent (right?) it is a lot tougher. Unless a club shows a great interest and is willing to fight the case with the FA, maybe he should try and establish himself with another league first. The Dutch league does not have any restriction on non-EU players, so that would be a good place to start.
2006-11-23 03:40:41 · answer #1 · answered by BeN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark G is right - he will not qualify for a Work Permit due to lack of representation at International level (unless he has some European ancestry that would qualify him for a passport from the particular European country as then he would not need a Work Permit). Failing that the best option would be to tout him to European clubs - but let's be honest if he is that good then he would have have come to the attention of scouts by now.
2006-11-22 23:49:07 · answer #2 · answered by Jaws 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get a work permit as a footballer i'm sure you have to have played a certain percentage of games for your national team in the last two years or so.
2006-11-22 08:53:48 · answer #3 · answered by Doobdonk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, from what you say your brother-in-law isn't going to qualify for the work permit he'd need to play football professionally in the UK. Generally he would need international caps for Ecuador to have a serious chance. I think he'd need to qualify for residence in the UK on another basis to play here. Sorry.
2006-11-22 13:57:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think of it s extremely confusing if he's already 21!!! soccer gamers are got here across at an extremely early age those days! besides the undeniable fact that it relies upon, I recommend if he already has a competent historic past/adventure as a participant, and if he has some style of touch in Italy then perchance there's a small hazard.... or he could desire to attempt to play at decrease divisions, B, C.... otherwise i discover it slightly utopian to easily bypass to Italy and assume to grow to be a expert footballer over-evening!
2016-12-29 08:34:36 · answer #5 · answered by osuch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could possibly try asking for advice from the FA. Does he have an agent? If not, perhaps this is the way to go. Clubs, for the most part, will only deal with an established agent.
2006-11-22 08:57:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Send a video of his best games to Harry Redknapp at Portsmouth. If he's worth buying and has a chance of getting a work permit, then Harry's the man to help him.
2006-11-22 09:19:59 · answer #7 · answered by rosbif 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you think he's good enough then you should write to all the premiership and championship clus, enclosing copies of his achievements and see if you can get one of them to offer him a trial.
2006-11-22 08:52:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
ring up chelski they buy any potential star so other clubs cant have them
2006-11-22 08:48:05 · answer #9 · answered by peter c 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋