FIFA agent exam questions on training compensation and solidarity

Question 1

Until when is training compensation payable on the transfer of a professional?

Accepted Answer

Until the end of the calendar year of the player’s 23rd birthday

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Until the end of the season of the player’s 21st birthday

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Until the end of the season of the player’s 23rd birthday

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Until the player’s 25th birthday

Question 2

To which of the following do the principles of training compensation not apply?

Accepted Answer

Women’s football

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Transfers between clubs in the same association

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Loans

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Players over the age of 21

Question 3

What proportion of the compensation paid on a qualifying transfer is reserved for the solidarity mechanism?

Accepted Answer

5%

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1%

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10%

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It varies with the size of the fee

Question 4

Under the solidarity mechanism, what is a training club owed for the calendar year of a player’s 17th birthday?

Accepted Answer

10% of the 5%

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5% of the 5%

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10% of the total transfer fee

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Nothing; the mechanism only covers ages 12 to 15

Question 5

Does the solidarity mechanism apply to loans?

Accepted Answer

Yes, to transfers on a definitive or a loan basis

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No, only to permanent transfers

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Only where the loan includes an obligation to buy

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Only for players over 21

Question 6

Where a transfer is not governed by the Clearing House Regulations, how long does the new club have to pay the solidarity contribution?

Accepted Answer

30 days after registration

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14 days after registration

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60 days after registration

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Before the end of the registration period

Question 7

Into how many categories at most must associations divide their clubs for training compensation purposes?

Accepted Answer

Four

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Three

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Five

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Six

Question 8

For the calendar years of a player’s 12th to 15th birthdays, on what are the training costs for training compensation based?

Accepted Answer

The training costs of category 4 clubs

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The training costs of the new club

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The average of the training costs of the two clubs

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The training costs of the former club

Question 9

In which of these situations is training compensation NOT due?

Accepted Answer

A 21-year-old professional is transferred to a category 4 club

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A 20-year-old professional transfers at the end of his contract to a club in another association

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A player signs his first professional contract at the age of 19

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A 22-year-old professional is transferred during his contract to a club in another association

Question 10

A 20-year-old professional moves between two clubs affiliated to different associations. His former club terminated his contract without just cause. Is training compensation due to the former club?

Accepted Answer

No, without prejudice to the rights of the previous clubs

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Yes, in full

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Yes, but reduced by half

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Only if the former club offered him a new contract

Question 11

How is training compensation calculated the first time a player registers as a professional?

Accepted Answer

The new club’s training costs multiplied by the years of training, in principle from the calendar year of the 12th birthday to that of the 21st

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The former club’s training costs multiplied by the years spent with the former club

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5% of the player’s first-year salary for each year of training

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The average training costs of all clubs involved multiplied by the years from 12 to 23

Question 12

On a subsequent transfer of a professional (after his first registration as a professional), to whom is training compensation owed?

Accepted Answer

Only to his former club, for the time he was effectively trained by that club

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To every club that trained him from the age of 12, pro rata

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To the club where he first registered as a professional

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To his former association, for its youth programmes

Question 13

A training club owed training compensation has since gone into liquidation. Who may claim the amount, and what happens to it?

Accepted Answer

The association to which the club was affiliated, which must reserve it for youth football development programmes

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The player, who may keep it

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The new club keeps it as no creditor exists

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FIFA, which pays it into the FIFA Clearing House

Question 14

Which body may review the amount of training compensation and adjust it if it is clearly disproportionate?

Accepted Answer

The Dispute Resolution Chamber

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The Players’ Status Chamber

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The FIFA Disciplinary Committee

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The FIFA general secretariat

Question 15

In calculating the solidarity contribution, what is excluded from the compensation on which the 5% is based?

Accepted Answer

Training compensation paid to the former club

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Conditional transfer fees

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Sell-on fees

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Instalments paid after the player’s registration

Question 16

A player re-registers as a professional 18 months after being reinstated as an amateur. What follows?

Accepted Answer

His new club must pay training compensation

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Nothing: no compensation is payable on reacquisition of amateur status

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His new club must pay solidarity contributions to his training clubs

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He must wait until 30 months have passed before re-registering as a professional

Question 17

Is a club entitled to training rewards for the period during which a player was on trial with it?

Accepted Answer

No, clubs are not entitled to training rewards for a trial period

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Yes, pro rata for the days of the trial

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Only if the trial lasted more than three weeks

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Only if the player was a minor

Question 18

As a general rule, up to what age is training compensation payable, and for training incurred up to what age?

Accepted Answer

Payable up to 23, for training incurred up to 21

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Payable up to 21, for training incurred up to 18

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Payable up to 23, for training incurred up to 23

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Payable up to 21, for training incurred up to 21

Question 19

Training compensation is due when a professional is transferred before the end of the calendar year of his 23rd birthday between which clubs?

Accepted Answer

Clubs of two different associations

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Any two clubs, national or international

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Clubs of the same association only, where the training club is affiliated elsewhere

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Clubs of two different confederations only

Question 20

What is the FIFA Clearing House?

Accepted Answer

A separate legal entity domiciled in Paris that acts as an intermediary for certain transfer payments and may not make a financial profit

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A department of the FIFA general secretariat in Zurich

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A chamber of the Football Tribunal that decides training reward disputes

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A commercial bank appointed by each member association

Question 21

To which payments do the FIFA Clearing House Regulations apply?

Accepted Answer

Payments relating to eleven-a-side football only

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Payments relating to eleven-a-side football, futsal and beach soccer

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All transfer compensation and agents’ service fees

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Only payments between clubs of different confederations

Question 22

How long are a provisional Electronic Player Passport’s inspection period and the EPP review process that follows?

Accepted Answer

Ten days of inspection, then a 15-day review

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Five days of inspection, then a ten-day review

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15 days of inspection, then a 30-day review

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30 days of inspection, then a 30-day review

Question 23

Under the Clearing House Regulations, below what amount is an entitlement to training rewards discarded and left out of the Allocation Statement?

Accepted Answer

EUR 100

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EUR 10

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EUR 50

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EUR 500

Question 24

A new club does not pay a Request to Pay from the FIFA Clearing House within the 30 days allowed. What happens first?

Accepted Answer

It is charged an administrative levy of 2.5% of the amount, payable to each training club, and given a further seven days to pay

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It is immediately banned from registering new players

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Interest of 5% per annum starts to run

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The training club must claim before the Dispute Resolution Chamber