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Jorge Paulo Agostinho Mendes (born 7 January 1966) is a Portuguese
football agent A sports agent is a legal representative (hence agent (law), agent) for professional sports figures such as athletes and coaches. They procure and negotiate employment and Testimonial, endorsement contracts for the principal (commercial law), at ...
. He is registered with the
Portuguese Football Federation The Portuguese Football Federation ( , FPF) is the governing body of Association football, football in Portugal. The federation was formed in 1914 as Portuguese Football Union (, UPF) by the three existing regional associations of Lisbon Footbal ...
and heads the GestiFute company, founded in 1996. Mendes is among the most influential football agents in the world, with clients including
Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for and Captain (association football), captains both Saudi Pr ...
,
David de Gea David de Gea Quintana (; born 7 November 1990) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Fiorentina. Considered one of the best keepers of his generation, he is known for his reflexes and shot-stopping capabilitie ...
,
José Mourinho José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix (; born 26 January 1963) is a Portuguese professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of Süper Lig club Fenerba ...
,
Rúben Dias Rúben dos Santos Gato Alves Dias (born 14 May 1997) is a Portuguese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Manchester City F.C., Manchester City and the Portugal national football team, Portugal nati ...
,
James Rodríguez James David Rodríguez Rubio (born 12 July 1991) is a Colombian professional Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or Winger (association football), winger for Liga MX club Club León, León and Captain (associ ...
,
João Félix João Félix Sequeira (; born 10 November 1999) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Serie A club AC Milan, on loan from Premier League club Chelsea, and the Portugal national team. F ...
and Lamine Yamal."Monaco break the bank with £110m spree and send out warning to Europe's giants"
by Oliver Brown, ''
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'', 28 May 2013.
Outside of football, he represents clients such as triple jump champion Patricia Mamona, surfer
Frederico Morais Frederico Rodrigues de Assunção Morais (born 3 January 1992), also known as Kikas, is a Portuguese professional surfer who competes on the World Surfing League Men's Championship Tour since 2017. He qualified to represent Portugal at the 2020 ...
, tennis player
João Sousa João Pedro Coelho Marinho de Sousa (born 30 March 1989), known as João Sousa (), is a Portuguese former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 28 on 16 May 2016 a ...
and the cyclist João Almeida. Mendes is often referred to as a "super-agent"."Jorge Mendes: The rise and rise of Portugal's super-agent"
by David Conn, ''
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'', 18 January 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2015.


Career as an agent


First deals

Mendes' first deal as a football agent came in 1996 when he brokered
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's move from
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to
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. He had met the goalkeeper in a bar in
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."Jorge Mendes: from bar owner to football super-agent"
by Matt Hughes, ''
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'', 12 June 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2010. (subscription required)
After that deal, Mendes gradually attracted more Portuguese players, including
Jorge Andrade Jorge Manuel Almeida Gomes de Andrade (; born 9 April 1978) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. After playing two years with Porto, he went on to represent Deportivo de La Coruña (169 official appear ...
. Hugo Viana's move from
Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,
to
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in the
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for around €12 million in 2002 was his first major international transfer. Part of Mendes' success was ostensibly based on his frequent presence at football schools and youth teams throughout Portugal, spotting and signing young players, as he did with
Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for and Captain (association football), captains both Saudi Pr ...
and
Ricardo Quaresma Ricardo Andrade Quaresma Bernardo (; born 26 September 1983) is a Portuguese former professional association football, footballer who played as a Winger (association football), winger. He began his career at Sporting CP and went on to play for ...
. It has been reported that Mendes came to physical blows at the Portela Airport in
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with
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's agent, José Veiga, whose influence he was gradually supplanting at this time. Mendes has also been accused by other agents of moving in on their players shortly before agreeing major deals.


Mourinho and Chelsea

In 2004, Mendes brokered
José Mourinho José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix (; born 26 January 1963) is a Portuguese professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of Süper Lig club Fenerba ...
's move from
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to manage Chelsea, despite Mourinho already having an agent, José Baidek, whom Mourinho had known since his time at
União de Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria (), commonly known as União de Leiria, is a Portuguese professional Association football, football club based in Leiria. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home matches at Está ...
and who had reportedly lined up a move to
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."How Mendes has made himself key player behind the biggest deals in Europe"
by Jason Burt, ''
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'', 13 June 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
Mourinho and Mendes negotiated with the agent
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, who acted as Chelsea's representative. The deal established Mendes' importance. He built up a roster of the leading Portuguese players and every Portuguese player that followed Mourinho to Chelsea was a client of Mendes, including
Ricardo Carvalho Ricardo Alberto Silveira de Carvalho (; born 18 May 1978) is a Portuguese professional association football, football coach and former player who is currently assistant head coach of the Portugal national football team, Portugal national team ...
,
Paulo Ferreira Paulo Renato Rebocho Ferreira (; born 18 January 1979) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a full-back. After starting out at Estoril, he went on to spend the vast majority of his 16-year professional career with Porto and Chels ...
, Tiago and
Maniche Nuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro (born 11 November 1977), known as Maniche (), is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He played top-flight football in Portugal, Russia, England, Spain, Italy and G ...
. Mendes was paid by Chelsea to act for the player and for the club."Court case that shows who gets what from football's richest transfers"
by David Conn, ''
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GestiFute was also involved in part-owning the economic rights of a number of these players. In July 2003, Porto bought 20% of Brazilian-born Portuguese professional footballer
Deco Anderson Luís de Souza (born 27 August 1977), also known as Deco (), is a Brazilian-born Portuguese former professional footballer who primarily played as an attacking or central midfielder. Born and raised in Brazil, he acquired Portuguese ...
's rights from GestiFute in exchange for €2.25 million, plus 5% of the economic rights for Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira. Shortly afterwards, GestiFute sold a further 15% of Deco's economic rights to the club, this time in return for €1.25 million and 10% of striker
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's rights."Why £5.25m of the money Chelsea paid for David Luiz went to investors"
by David Conn, ''
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After Chelsea

After Mourinho's departure from Chelsea in September 2007, Mendes oversaw his move to
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in 2008 for a fee that made him the highest paid coach in the world, and then, in May 2010, that which saw him move from Inter to become
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's manager on a four-year contract worth £40 million. In 2008, Mendes also handled the deal that took the manager
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to Chelsea, negotiating a three-year contract worth between £5.5 million and £6.25 million. At that summer's
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tournament, Mendes had been allowed privileged access to the Portugal national team's hotel by Scolari, who was then managing the national side.


Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, and Anderson

Mendes oversaw the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo from Sporting CP to
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for £12.24 million in 2003 and in 2007 those of Anderson and Nani to the same club for £46 million. The Nani transfer reportedly followed only once the player had dropped his existing agent, Ana Almeida. That summer, Mendes was also responsible for the transfers of
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to Real Madrid for £25 million and Simão to
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for £16.5 million. Mendes' association with Anderson reflected the connections he established in South America, in which he worked closely with
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. Part of the deal that took Anderson to Manchester United saw his previous club Porto pay Mendes a reported £4 million for his share of Anderson's registration. Mendes was said to have contributed 20% of the £3.75 million Porto paid Grêmio in Brazil to sign the midfielder in 2006."Jose agent's £4m jackpot on Anderson"
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, 1 June 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
In 2009, Mendes was reported to have made £4 million from Cristiano Ronaldo's £80 million transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid.


Bebé transfer

In August 2010, football agent Gonçalo Reis complained that he had been left on the sidelines when
Bebé Tiago Manuel Dias Correia (born 12 July 1990), better known by his nickname Bebé, is a professional footballer who plays as either a winger or attacking midfielder for Spanish club UD Ibiza. Born in Portugal, and a former Portuguese youth i ...
, a player he represented, was transferred to Manchester United from Vitória de Guimarães. "When Mendes arrived," Reis said, "I was out of the transaction.""Bébé's former agent claims he was cut out of Manchester United transfer deal"
by Mark Ogden, ''
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In July 2010, Reis arranged Bebé's move to Vitória as a free agent from
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in the semi-professional Portuguese third division after the cancellation of the player's contract due to the club's inability to pay his wages. Manchester United signed Bebé for a reported fee of £7.4 million five weeks later, when he had played just six pre-season friendlies for Vitória. Reis received notification that he had been sacked by Bebé in a letter dated 5 August that arrived two days before the completion of the Manchester United transfer on 11 August."Portuguese police to question Manchester United over Bébé transfer"
by David Conn, ''
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"Bébé, Manchester United and the deal interesting the Portuguese police"
by David Conn, ''
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Reis officially took his complaints to
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in May 2012. At Vitória's subsequent general meeting, the club's directors revealed that Mendes had received €3.6 million of the €9 million fee from the Bebé transfer, with reports in Portugal suggesting that €2.7 million of that sum came from the 30% of the player's economic rights initially retained by Bebé when he moved to Vitória but bought from the player by Mendes for €100,000."How Manchester United's Bébé went from street kid to €9m player"
by David Conn, ''
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Emilio Macedo, club president of Vitória de Guimarães club, called Mendes "the bulwark of this transfer" and defended the agent, saying, "With all due respect to other agents, this country owes him a lot because he handles large transfers and brings money into the country because this is like an export." The transfer was subsequently investigated by the Portuguese police. Manchester United's then manager,
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, admitted that he had not seen Bebé play before signing the player. He had reportedly been recommended to the club by
Carlos Queiroz Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de Queiroz (; born 1 March 1953) is a Portuguese football manager. He has served as the manager of his native Portugal's national team, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Iran, Colombia, Egypt and Qatar, leading ...
, who had two spells as assistant manager at Manchester United and who at that time was coach of the Portugal national team. Queiroz's relationship with United had been important in the transfers of Anderson and Nani in 2007; he is also represented by Mendes.


2014 summer transfer window

Mendes brokered four of the seven biggest deals worldwide during the 2014 summer transfer window from which he earned an estimated £30 million.
James Rodríguez James David Rodríguez Rubio (born 12 July 1991) is a Colombian professional Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or Winger (association football), winger for Liga MX club Club León, León and Captain (associ ...
moved to Real Madrid from
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for £63 million,
Ángel Di María Ángel Fabián Di María (; born 14 February 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Primeira Liga club Benfica. Widely regarded as one of the greatest Argentine players of all time and one of the best pl ...
from Real Madrid to Manchester United for £60 million,
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from Atlético Madrid to Chelsea for £32 million and Eliaquim Mangala from Porto to
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for £32 million.


Third-party ownership accusations

On 22 September 2014, an investigation by ''
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'' implicated Jorge Mendes alongside ex-Manchester United and Chelsea chief executive
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in breaching
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regulations regarding third-party ownership and conflict of interest in player representation, buying player rights through companies based in
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."Jorge Mendes: the most powerful man in football?"
by David Conn, ''
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'', 22 September 2014
This followed another report published in January 2014 suggesting Kenyon's ex-club Chelsea have invested in third-party ownership via Mendes and Kenyon, a practice banned by the Premier League. Chelsea declined to comment on the accusations. On 23 September 2014,
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announced their intention to crack down on the practice of third-party ownership.


Wolverhampton Wanderers

After the takeover of English
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club
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by
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, Mendes was implemented as an agent for the club. Along with the help of team general manager Andrea Butti and sporting director Kevin Thelwell, 12 players were signed within six weeks during the 2016 summer transfer window.


Tax avoidance

In December 2016, leaked documents suggested that Mendes was involved in a massive
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scheme with both Mourinho and Ronaldo accused of not paying taxes by using offshore accounts.


Swansea City

Mendes began working with
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club
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during the January 2018 transfer window, assisting the club in identifying players for newly-appointed manager
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. Previously, he brought Portugal under-21 midfielder
Renato Sanches Renato Júnior Luz Sanches (; born 18 August 1997) is a Portuguese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for Primeira Liga club S.L. Benfica, Benfica, on loan from Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain F.C., Paris ...
to the club, on loan from
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, in August 2017.


Cycling

In January 2021, Mendes got into the world of cycling with his sports marketing company Polaris Sports partnering with Corso Sports, which sees Portuguese riders Joao Almeida and
Ruben Guerreiro Rúben António Almeida Guerreiro (; born 6 July 1994) is a Portuguese professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career In August 2016, announced that they had signed Guerreiro through to 2018. He joined for th ...
promoted by the team. Jorge ended up securing Lamine Yamal as a client upon which he received Globe Soccer Awards on his behalf at the just ended ceremony in Sardinia.


GestiFute and CAA

In 2008, GestiFute announced that it had entered into partnership with
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(CAA) in the United States to "create global opportunities for current and future clients", following CAA's expansion into the sports market."CAA Sports and International Soccer Agency Gestifute Create Global Partnership to Represent Top Talent"
''
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'', 9 July 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2010.


References


External links


GestiFute
– official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendes, Jorge 1966 births Living people Businesspeople from Lisbon Portuguese businesspeople Association football agents