Mino Raiola
Carmine "Mino" Raiola is a football agent, a naturalised Dutch citizen born 1967 in the Campanian town of Nocera Inferiore, in Italy. Soon after his birth his parents migrated to Haarlem in the Netherlands, where he also grew up and played for the youth team in the local football club[1]. Raiola got his first big break negotiating the transfer of the then young Dutch striker Dennis Bergkamp to Inter Milan[2].
A former former pizza restaurateur, Raiola is currently the agent of Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic[3] and Italian striker Mario Balotelli[4], and he was for many years the agent of former Czech Republic star midfielder Pavel Nedved[5].
He currently resides in Monaco.
Clients
- Zdeněk Grygera (2009 - present[6])
- Zlatan Ibrahimović (2003[7][8] - present)
- Martin Jol (football manager)
- Felipe Mattioni (2008[9] - present)
- Mario Balotelli (2010[10] - present)
- Maxwell (2009[11] - present)
- Pavel Nedved (2003[5][7] - present)
- Kerlon Moura Souza (2007[12] - present)
Raiola has also represented clubs, negotiating transfer deals involving
Selection of transfer deals brokered
| Date | Player | New club | Previous club | Transfer sum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer of 1993 | Bergkamp | Internazionale | Ajax | £12 million[13] |
| Summer of 2001 | Nedved | Juventus | Lazio | €41 million[14] |
| August 2004 | Ibrahimović | Juventus | Ajax | €16 million[15] |
| August 2006 | Ibrahimović | Internazionale | Juventus | €24.8 million[16] |
| July 2009 | Ibrahimović | Barcelona | Internazionale | €46 million[17] |
| August 2010 | Robinho | A.C. Milan | Manchester City | €15 million[18] |
| August 2010 | Balotelli | Manchester City | Internazionale | €24 million[19] |
References
- ^ [1] Mino Raiola - Super Agent on theoffside.com
- ^ [2] Who Is Mino Raiola? by Philip Mboya, 31 August 31 2010 on soccerticketsonline.com
- ^ [3] Expensive Divorce for Barcelona, Ibrahimovic by Gabriele Marcotti, 29 August 2010 on The Wall Street Journal
- ^ [4] Eurozone: Balotelli the loser in fight with Mourinho by Pete Jenson, 20 March 2010 on The Independent
- ^ a b [5] Nedved is Ferguson's big target by Daniel Taylor, 25 April 2003 on The Guardian
- ^ "Sporting briefs". Times of Malta. 2004-08-31. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ a b "Reals bud på Zlatan - en bluff (in Swedish)". Times of Malta.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Text "date2005-05-24" ignored (help); Text "http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/internationell/italien/article288529.ab" ignored (help) - ^ "Juventus nästa för Zlatan". Sydsvenskan. 2004-09-01.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Text "urlhttp://www.sydsvenskan.se/sport/article77358/Juventus-nasta-for-Zlatan.html" ignored (help) - ^ "Carmine Raiola owns Felipe" (Press release). .imscouting.com. 2008-11-30. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ "Mino Raiola will be the next agent of Mario Balotelli" (Press release). mario-balotelli.info. 2010-03-14. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ "AC Milan planning Inter raid for Maxwell". tribalfootball.com. 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ "Empresário de Kerlon ataca e chama Emerson Leão de "burro" (in Portugese)". Folha.com. 2007-09-20. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ [http://www.bergkamp10.net/stats.php Dennis Bergkamp - The Iceman Website
- ^ Nedved: I can retire happy
- ^ "Operations concerning Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Fabrizio Miccoli registration rights" (PDF). Juventus. 2004-08-31. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
- ^ "ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC SIGNS FOR INTER". Internazionale. 2006-08-10. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- ^ "Ibrahimovic signs five-year contract". FCBarcelona.cat (Press release). FC Barcelona. 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ "English Premier League spending tumbles". BBC News. 31 August 2010.
- ^ "Man City complete Balotelli deal". BBC News. 13 August 2010.
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