On March 1, 1970, Mr. Juan Figer, founder of Grupo Figer, organized a friendly game between Flamengo and Peñarol, in Maracanã, for 76 thousand people. The result of the match was a 0-0 draw and that date marks the beginning of the Grupo Figer's activities.

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From the 70s onwards, Juan Figer opened the market for intermediation of South American athletes in the Brazilian continent. The first athlete he brought was Pablo Forlan, from Penarol, Mr. Juan Figer's heart club, for SPFC. Soon after, he also brought Pedro Rocha from the same Uruguayan club to the same SPFC.

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In addition to both historic Uruguayan players, Juan Figer also intermediated the arrival of Héctor Silva from Penarol to Palmeiras, Elias Figueroa also from Penarol to SC Internacional, Dario Pereyra from Nacional to SPFC among other athletes.

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Let us remember the 1980s with the very important intermediation of Rio de Janeiro to Spain, when we took Roberto Dinamite from Vasco da Gama to the Catalan club, Barcelona.

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At that moment, career management becomes a service demanded by athletes after the trust placed in the Grupo Figer, which performed dozens of intermediaries in the national and international market.

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Check out some of the top athletes who had their careers managed by the Grupo Figer in 1980s:

“A team that had a lot of appeal in southern Italy, folkloric. It was no longer possible for Maradona to stay in Barcelona, ​​he was already starting to have a somewhat unruly life, going out at night. If it weren't for Maradona, I would take Socrates to Napoli. Then I took him to Fiorentina. I've known Maradona since he was 14. And it was already possible to have the idea that he would be a great football player. I still keep in touch with him. Maradona is a very good person ”. - Excerpt from Juan Figer's interview for ESPN.

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After SC Internacional, Dunga played for Corinthians, Santos, Vasco, Pisa (Italy), Fiorentina (Italy), Pescara (Italy), and was in Stuttgart (Germany) when he was called up again for the 1994 World Cup.

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We started working with this great defender in Guarani and accompanied him in Sporting, São Paulo FC, Real Madrid, Santos, Vasco da Gama and among other clubs until his farewell in Flamengo.

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Through businessman Juan Figer, he was transferred to Porto, at a time when the contribution of Brazilians to European football was not so common. Then he would still have a winning streak in Italian football, being top scorer and idol at Ascoli and Torino.

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The Brazilian was a kind of "plan B" if Diego Maradona did not sign with the Italian club. "I took care of Socrates almost going to Napoli. The Doctor was a "Plan B" if Diego Maradona didn't sign with the club. It was only a few minutes before the window was closed and Napoli managed to sign Maradona," revealed the businessman.

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The 1990s are strongly marked by the decree known as Bosman, establishing that every player belonging to the European Union could play in any member country without being considered a foreigner. As the restrictions on the limit of foreign players per club were no longer attributed to these athletes, now called "community members", opportunities were created for "extra-community members", causing rapid growth in the hiring of South Americans by European institutions.

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Both athletes who stood out at São Paulo FC and had the opportunity to play in Italy. Muller in Torino and Silas in Cesena and Sampdoria.

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The midfielder started his career at Portuguesa in the early 90s, as a left-back. Transferred to Real Madrid in 1997, he had a short stint at Flamengo, on loan. Then, in 1998, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen, where he reached the runner-up in the Champions League in 2002 and where he had a great time in his career.

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In 1996, he moved from Guarani to Flamengo, where he stayed for only 3 months. In the same year, he went to Italy through the intermediation of Juan Figer. There he lived three of the best years of his career, defending Udinese.

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“Axel must travel today. It was the player's decision, ”said Ricardo Viveiros, São Paulo FC superintendent.

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With intermediation carried out by Figer, the athlete Roberto Carlos, is considered by many in Spain to be the greatest left-back in Real's history. He has won La Liga four times, three Champions Leagues, three Spanish Super Cups, two Club World Cups and a European Super Cup.

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“I was in Porto. My manager (Juan Figer) called, commenting that they were after a player who was in Europe and had played for the national team ”- he recalled.

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In January 1999, Guarani received Bayer Leverkusen at the Brinco de Ouro stadium, in Campinas, through agent Juan Figer who intermediated the athlete's negociation, Robson Ponte, to the German club.

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The first decade of the 21st century was marked in football by the five-time world championship of the Brazilian team, by a Cup that ended with one of the greatest players in history attacking an opponent, by the "galactic project" of Real Madrid and by one of the most surprising finals of all the times of the Champions League.

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With an above average intelligence, which made him become a classic, elegant midfielder, with incredible technical skill in passing and excellent game vision. During the 2000s, the Figer Group, which managed the athlete's career since he left Parma, intermediated his negociation with Fenerbahçe, from Turkey, where he became one of the greatest idols in the history of the club, being even honored by the team with a statue in his stadium. Alex was responsible for changing some levels of Turkish football, contributing with his technique. 

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Perhaps one of the most successful club-level coaches in Brazilian football of the decade. He reached the height of his career when he coached Real Madrid in 2005. The last day of contact with the Spaniards started early for Marcel Figer, one of the coach's entrepreneurs. He talked from 5 am to 6 pm with the leaders. There were more than 50 phone calls. Vanderlei had become the first Brazilian to manage the biggest club of the last century, according to FIFA.

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Two-time champion of La Liga and winner of the UEFA Cup in 2004, Fábio Aurélio was part of a memorable team that entered the club's history.

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The negotiation, conducted by Marcel Figer, was one of the largest in the history of Brazilian football, reaching 21.3 million euros.

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He started and ended his career at Corinthians, defended the Brazilian Team and became the first Brazilian in history to win the Premier League, triumphing with Arsenal in the 2001-2002 season.

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The five talented athletes were mediated, by the Figer Group, from Brazilian clubs to Fenerbahçe.

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Lugano is an icon of the Celeste Olímpica's defensive system. The athlete made history at Morumbi and arrived at SPFC through the Grupo Figer which managed the entire career of the defender who played for Fenerbahçe, PSG, Malaga, West Bromwich, Hacken and Cerro Porteno.

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He started his career at São Paulo FC in 2000, where he met Grupo Figer. Then, went on to Sevilla, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Rome, Malaga, Cruzeiro, Orlando City and his last club, Cluj, from Romania.

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Revealed by Figueirense in 2003, after a year he was transferred to Ajax, from the Netherlands. With no space at the club, his agent, Juan Figer, negotiated the athlete's loan to Real Madrid B, and then to Deportivo de La Coruña, who hired him permanently in 2008.

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After a long negotiation led by Juan and Marcel Figer, Santos announced, on June 30, 2005, the sale of Robinho to Real Madrid.

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Intelligent and skillful, he joined Corinthians in 1998, when he left Bordeaux, France.

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Revealed by Vitória, in 2004, the player played for some seasons in Japanese football until he arrived in Porto, through the Grupo Figer, where he really found himself in his career.

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Nowadays, soccer moves a billion dollar financial market, provides global events, turns athletes of all origins into international idols and uses the latest technology in transmissions and sports equipment.

See below the main negotiations carried out by the Grupo Figer in the last decade:

Shakhtar's last Brazilian star did not travel to Donetsk just to make his name. As a thank you to the reception in Eastern Europe, the midfielder became a Ukrainian national and has already worn a national team shirt.

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Casemiro left São Paulo FC as a reserve and today he is a starter and one of the stars of Real Madrid.

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The transaction began after São Paulo, via Juan Figer, offered the player to the Catalans before the World Cup.

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He stayed in the Super League until 2015, when he arranged his loan for Atlético-MG for the 2016 season. At Galo, he played 48 games, scoring 7 goals, and always in the starting lineup. In 2017, his contract was negotiated by the Grupo Figer for Guangzhou R&F where he worked for 2 years. In 2019 he returned to Brazil where he defended Corinthians. The good performance earned him his last and current signing, going to the MLS to play for Orlando City.

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Young Chinese people leave Asia for Brazil, seeking to absorb the techniques used by Brazilian coaches. In addition, the exchange serves as a way for these players to bring to China the experience of having played for a certain period in the "country of football".

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The agent Stephanie Figer, representative of Brazão, was in Belo Horizonte to establish the negotiation of the athlete of Cruzeiro, who will act in 2019 for Parma-ITA.

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Santos hired defender Felipe Aguilar, ex Atlético Nacional. The club will have the athlete for four seasons.

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Brazilian defender Lucas Mendes, who had his contract negotiated by agent Stephanie Figer in early 2019, is going through one of the best stages since arriving at Al-Wakrah, a Qatar's club. 

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The midfielder was one of the most important players of Independiente del Valle, champion of the Copa Sudamericana in 2019. One of his characteristics that caught the attention of coach Jorge Sampaoli is the ability to act both more advanced and further back in the midfield.

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