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What Is a Professional Player? CAS 2024/A/10480 Amar Kovcic v. NK Trnje Zagreb 


CAS 2024/A/10480 Amar Kovcic v. NK Trnje Zagreb
Date of the decision: 2025-03-31
Arbitrator(s): Ernesto Gamboa Morales
Three significant elements determine whether a player is professional or amateur: a written contract, payment of expenses as a footballer, and salary. Their absence determines a player's amateur status as per FIFA Regulations.

Facts and Proceedings

The case involves Amar Kovcic (the Player), a Bosnian football player who is appealing a decision by FIFA’s Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) that rejected his claim against NK Trnje Zagreb (the Club) for alleged unilateral termination...

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Topics
  • CAS
  • Player/Coach Contract
Related Regulation(s)
  • FIFA RSTP (incl. Interim Regulatory Framework) - Ed January 2025
Keywords
  • CAS proceedings
  • Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
  • FIFA Regulations
  • Player contract
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