Nationality: TAS 2020/A/7444 Munir El Haddadi & FRMF v. FIFA & RFEF

TAS 2020/A/7444 Munir El Haddadi & FRMF v. FIFA & RFEF

Date of the decision: 2021-01-18

Arbitrator(s): Benoît Pasquier Patrick Lafranchi Jacques Radoux

The strict and uniform application of FIFA Regulations ensures equal treatment of all players subject to these regulations. Therefore, FIFA Regulations should not be applied differently in equal situations.

Facts and Procedure

Mr Munir El Haddadi is a football player with dual Spanish and Moroccan citizenship and has spent his whole career playing for Spanish sides. He was a member of the Spanish U-19 and U-21 representative teams and made his full international debut with Spain’s senior national representative team on 8 September 2014.

On 19 July 2017, the Player and the FRMF (jointly, the Appellants) initiated proceedings before FIFA in order to switch Mr El Haddadi’s international allegiance. Finally, on 13 March 2018, the FIFA Players’ Status Committee rejected the request filed by...

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