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A trial. A season. A contract overseas. Understand the sports visas and documents behind your next football opportunity.

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From a football opportunity to the immigration questions behind it.Illustrative example · detailed report optionalPhoto: Omar Ramadan / Pexels

86,158

international football player transfers completed in 2025

Football mobility extends beyond the professional game: FIFA recorded 59,162 international amateur transfers in 2025. Immigration requirements are another part of planning a move.

FIFA — Global Transfer Report 2025

Published 28 January 2026

What this number measures

Total includes men’s and women’s professional and amateur football. Transfers are not vacancies, unique players or visa approvals. FIFA is football’s governing body, not an immigration authority.

From football ambition to an informed move.

  1. Tell us where you are starting

    Share your situation in the questionnaire. Sports & Athlete Mobility is selected for this football journey.

  2. Explore sports programmes

    See the activities each immigration programme covers and the supporting evidence described in its sources.

  3. Take the questions to your club

    Check the immigration route with the relevant authorities and the sporting arrangements with your club or association.

Football players in action during an outdoor match.
Photo: Omar Ramadan / Pexels

The move matters as much as the match.

A sporting opportunity is the starting point. Understand the immigration questions to raise with the club, association and relevant authorities.

Your activity

Are you planning a trial, competition, training period or paid club role? Check the programme’s stated scope.

Your evidence

What does the programme ask for: a contract, invitation, sporting credentials or other documents?

Your next step

Check immigration requirements and football registration or transfer rules with their respective authorities.

Before you say yes to a move.

Will you find me a club or arrange a trial?

No. We provide immigration programme information. We do not act as a football agent, recruit players or arrange trials or contracts.

Does club registration give me permission to live or work abroad?

Do not treat sporting registration as proof of immigration permission. Check the relevant immigration programme and the football association’s rules separately.

Is this only for football?

This campaign page focuses on football. It opens the quiz’s Sports & Athlete Mobility category, which also contains programme information for other sporting activities.

Prefer to browse the programme library?

These are catalogue records, not personalised recommendations or eligibility decisions.

Sport91 recorded programmes

Take your next move seriously.

Whether you are exploring a trial or considering a contract, start with the immigration side of playing abroad.

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