Mino Raiola

Mino Raiola, the influential and often controversial sports agent to some of soccer's biggest players, has died.

Raiola compared FIFA to a mafia organization in 2013 and called the governing body’s then-president Sepp Blatter a “demented dictator.” “Mino touched so many lives through his work and wrote a new chapter in the history of modern football. Raiola died after a long illness, his family confirmed on Saturday. He had been undergoing treatment at Milan’s San Raffaele hospital, where he was visited by Zlatan Ibrahimović this week. As usual, Mino made us proud and never realized it.” Raiola was a youth team soccer player and administrator before starting his career as a sports agent by assisting in the transfer of Dutch players to foreign clubs. “In infinite sorrow we share the passing of the most caring and amazing football agent that ever was,” read a post from “The Raiola Family” on his social media accounts.

Mino Raiola, considered one of the most successful and influential soccer agents in the world, has died, according to a statement from his family posted on ...

"So I am not here to be loved and liked by everybody. As usual, Mino made us proud and never realized it." "My father said to me when I was a small boy that 50 percent of the people in your life will love you and 50 percent will hate you," Raiola said in an interview with The Athletic

The 54-year-old Raiola represented star players including Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba.

As a one-year-old child, he was taken with his family to Haarlem in the Netherlands. He steadily built his reputation in Italian and world football during the years, and alongside Jorge Mendes, he was arguably the highest-profile football agent on the planet. As usual, Mino made us

Super soccer agent Mino Raiola, who represented the likes of Paul Pogba and Erling Haaland, has died at the age of 54.

"Mino touched so many lives through his work and wrote a new chapter in the history of modern football. He represented some of the world's biggest soccer stars, from Manchester United's Paul Pogba to Borussia Dortmund's Erling Haaland and AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic. "In infinite sorrow we share the passing of the most caring and amazing football agent that ever was," the statement from Raiola's family read.

Raiola died after a long illness, his family confirmed on Saturday. He had been undergoing treatment at Milan's San Raffaele hospital, where he was visited by ...

Raiola compared FIFA to a mafia organization in 2013 and called the governing body’s then-president Sepp Blatter a “demented dictator.” “Mino touched so many lives through his work and wrote a new chapter in the history of modern football. Raiola died after a long illness, his family confirmed on Saturday. He had been undergoing treatment at Milan’s San Raffaele hospital, where he was visited by Zlatan Ibrahimović this week. As usual, Mino made us proud and never realized it.” Raiola was a youth team soccer player and administrator before starting his career as a sports agent by assisting in the transfer of Dutch players to foreign clubs. “In infinite sorrow we share the passing of the most caring and amazing football agent that ever was,” read a post from “The Raiola Family” on his social media accounts.

Soccer super agent Mino Raiola, who represented the likes of Paul Pogba and Erling Haaland, has died at the age of 54.

The super agent represented some of the world's biggest soccer stars, from Manchester United's Paul Pogba to Borussia Dortmund's Erling Haaland and AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic. "Mino touched so many lives through his work and wrote a new chapter in the history of modern football. "In infinite sorrow we share the passing of the most caring and amazing football agent that ever was," the statement from Raiola's family read.

Super soccer agent Mino Raiola, who represented the likes of Paul Pogba and Erling Haaland, has died at the age of 54.

The super agent represented some of the world's biggest soccer stars, from Manchester United's Paul Pogba to Borussia Dortmund's Erling Haaland and AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic. "In infinite sorrow we share the passing of the most caring and amazing football agent that ever was," the statement from Raiola's family read. "Mino touched so many lives through his work and wrote a new chapter in the history of modern football.

Raiola, who represented stars like Pogba, Haaland, and Ibrahimovic, transformed the role agents play in modern football with his unique skill set.

They gave him a chance and he delivered -- just as he did a few years later when he set off a bidding war between Juventus, Napoli and Inter to secure Bergkamp. This is a man who elbowed his way into the big time. Some have questioned that, but the fact that so few did leave him -- and that so many coming through the ranks (Haaland is a prime example) specifically chose him -- suggest there's more than a kernel of truth in it. When Pogba moved from Juventus to Manchester United for a fee of around $100m and signed a five-year contract, it later emerged that every party in the deal paid him: the selling club (Juventus), the buying club (United) and Pogba himself. They don't want the truth because deep down, in a place they don't want to talk about at parties, they want him on that call. You say we're the problem and then you come to us, again and again and again." "But who is it that you call in the middle of the night when you want to sign a player or, even more so, when you need to shift a player?

Mino Raiola, one of the most high-profile agents in world football, has died following illness.

Raiola remained in football, despite not making it as a professional player, to become an agent, initially working for a company called Sports Promotions. "We thank everybody for the huge amount of support received during these difficult times and ask for respect to the privacy of family and friends in this moment of grief." As usual, Mino made us proud and never realized it.

Legendary Italian football agent Mino Raiola has passed away at the age of 54 following a battle with illness.

- Paul Pogba - Erling Haaland As usual, Mino made us proud and never realised it.

after Raiola stood up for Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the aftermath of a Derby d'Italia between Inter Milan and Juventus when the two players — now great friends — ...

So our earnings are a reflection of the importance of our industry and the importance of our clients, like if you were an agent of the best actor in the world or the agent of I don’t know who. “I’ve been in the business 27 years,” he told The Athletic, “and in all those years I’ve represented the best of the best. He was a Holland international who came from Ajax. But he got used to it soon enough.” Thanks in part to Raiola, who moved out to Puglia, the heel of the boot of Italy, with Roy and would drive him to and from training. “It got me going,” Ibrahimovic remembered, “and it got me more of a winner’s mindset.” The result was the move he wanted. I told him, ‘That player doesn’t exist’.” But this 23-year-old Czech winger Raiola was on the brink of moving to PSV Eindhoven after helping his country be surprise finalists at Euro 96 came closest to fitting the bill. “We’d booked a table there, and I really didn’t know what sort of a person to expect,” he wrote in his eponymous biography I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic, “probably some sort of pinstriped fella with an even bigger gold watch (than me). But who the hell turned up? An Italian agent who used to bring players over from the Eredivisie to Serie A liked the food on the menu, as did a few footballers and the owner of the local football club, who would make Raiola the head of their academy and then sporting director. “(Mino) challenged the entire Netherland Football Association, and he didn’t start off dealing with small fry.” “In the Netherlands, there used to be a really crazy system where players had to be sold according to a price that was based on their age and a bunch of statistical crap,” Ibrahimovic recalled. He worked long hours, doing the dirty work, and as he got older he came to be entrusted with the books and negotiations with the restaurant’s suppliers. “My father said to me when I was a small boy that 50 per cent of the people in your life will love you and 50 per cent will hate you,” Raiola told The Athletic just over a year ago.

He was the agent of many star players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paulo Pogba, Erling Haaland and Mario Balotelli among others. The news was confirmed by his ...

He started his career in Netherlands and then soon became one of the most iconic figures of soccer around the globe. "In infinite sorrow, we share the passing of the most caring and amazing football agent that ever was. The news was confirmed by his family an official statement issued on his social media platforms on Saturday.