NUESTRA MISIÓN

Justice for Players se fundó para defender los intereses de los futbolistas profesionales. Impugnamos cualquier violación del derecho europeo por parte de la FIFA que limite tus derechos dentro y fuera del terreno de juego.

El Derecho europeo es claro: cada jugador debe ser libre de elegir su lugar de trabajo. Sin embargo, las normas de transferencia de la FIFA han restringido y siguen restringiendo la libre circulación de los jugadores y otorgan a la FIFA y a las asociaciones nacionales de fútbol un poder excesivo, cuando las negociaciones entre los jugadores y los clubes deberían ser más equilibradas. La libertad de un jugador se ve restringida cuando desea cambiar de club. El Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (TJUE) ha dictaminado recientemente que las normas de transferencia de la FIFA violan la libre circulación de personas y el derecho de la competencia. Nuestra misión es garantizar que los jugadores sean indemnizados por las pérdidas que han sufrido como consecuencia de estas normas ilegales de la FIFA.

Qué hace Justice For Players por ti:

  • Sensibilización

    ponemos de relieve cómo las normas de la FIFA limitan su libertad y otorgan a la FIFA un poder excesivo

  • Abrimos el diálogo

    buscamos soluciones negociadas

  • Iniciar acciones legales

    si no logramos llegar a un acuerdo con la FIFA, iniciaremos acciones legales

  • Conseguir cambios positivos

    además de obtener una indemnización justa, nos esforzaremos por mejorar la equidad hacia los jugadores mediante una mejor gobernanza

¿Por qué ahora?

En el caso que enfrentaba a Lassana Diarra y la FIFA por unas normas de traspaso y rescisión de contrato consideradas ilegales, el Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea dictaminó que las normas de la FIFA restringían ilegalmente la libre circulación de los futbolistas y violaban el derecho europeo de la competencia. El caso se refería al jugador francés Lassana Diarra, que había rescindido su contrato con el Lokomotiv de Moscú y posteriormente se le había prohibido fichar por un nuevo club. En octubre de 2024, el Tribunal dictaminó que las normas de la FIFA eran contrarias al Derecho de la Unión Europea y que todos los jugadores habían sufrido un perjuicio como consecuencia de dichas normas (y, por lo tanto, no solo los jugadores que, como Lassana Diarra, vieron especialmente afectada su carrera).

El Consejo de Administración de Justice for Players y la gobernanza de la Fundación

  • Lucia Melcherts

    Lucia Melcherts

    Chair

    Lucia Melcherts has been the chair of Stichting Massaschade & Consument (Foundation for Mass Damages & Consumers) since 2021. She also holds the position of Coordinating Specialist Advisor at the Ministry of Justice and Security. Ms. Melcherts is a legal generalist with extensive managerial experience in both the private and public sectors. Before her current position, she worked at the Dutch Rent Tribunal (Huurcommissie) and served as Head of Legal Affairs at De Geschillencommissie (The Disputes Committee). Previously, she served as Deputy Judge at the Rotterdam District Court and practiced law as an attorney specializing in collective consumer actions. For nine years of her legal career, she was affiliated with the Consumentenbond (Dutch Consumers’ Association).

  • Dolf Segaar

    Board member

    Dolf Segaar founded his own law firm in July 2021, specializing in governance and litigation, with a strong focus on sports law. Prior to establishing his own practice, Mr. Segaar worked from 1989 at the law firm CMS, including serving as Managing Partner of CMS Netherlands. Mr. Segaar is an expert in sports law and actively serves as a supervisor within various national and international sports organizations. In 2022, he was appointed as arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, and since 2024 he has served as a visiting professor at Seoul National University.

  • Franco Baldini

    Board member

    Franco Baldini is a former professional footballer (1978-1990) and agent (1990-1999), after which he held different senior management roles at top international clubs and organizations, including AS Roma (1999-2005, 2011-2013 and 2015-2020 as a consultant), Real Madrid FC (2006-2007), the England National Football Team (2008-2011) and Tottenham Hotspur FC (2013-2015). A graduate in Legal, Economic and Managerial Sciences of Sport at the Atri (Teramo) University, Mr. Baldini currently runs his own consulting firm, IC20ltd.

CONSEJO DE SUPERVISIÓN

Nuestro consejo asesor está compuesto por expertos con amplia experiencia en el sector y en el ámbito jurídico, como el antiguo juez del Tribunal de Justicia y profesor Melchior Wathelet, la profesora de Derecho Mercantil Karen Harmsen (Universidad de Ámsterdam) y el profesor de Teoría Económica Oliver Budzinski (Universidad Técnica de Ilmenau).

  • Melchior Wathelet

    Chairman Supervisory Board

    Melchior Wathelet was Professor of European Law at KU Leuven and the University of Liège, UCLouvain-la-Neuve, and several other universities. He is currently Professor at Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University. He has held several positions in Belgian politics, including Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice (1988-1995). From 1995 to 2003, he served as a Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Communities, and from 2012 to 2018 as First Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union. Mr. Wathelet studied at the University of Liège and Harvard University and is the author of numerous publications on European law. His background blends legal expertise with extensive experience in high-level governance.

  • Karen Harmsen

    Member Supervisory Board

    Karen Harmsen is Professor of Corporate Law and Financial Reporting Law at the University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam Business School) and partner at TOON Advocaten. She has gained extensive experience in corporate law and insolvency law throughout her career at law firms Stibbe and Rutgers & Posch. Ms. Harmsen earned her doctorate in 2019 at Radboud University Nijmegen, combining a robust academic background with substantial practical expertise. She serves on several editorial boards related to insolvency law and corporate law disputes and is a board member of Stichting Grotius Academie. Her expertise makes her a valuable supervisor for complex legal proceedings.

  • Oliver Budzinski

    Oliver Budzinski

    Member Supervisory Board

    Oliver Budzinski is Professor of Economic Theory at Technische Universität Ilmenau in Germany. He has held several academic positions, including Visiting Professor at New York University and Professor of Competition and Sports Economics at the University of Southern Denmark, where he headed the Markets & Competition research group from 2010 to 2012. Mr. Budzinski studied economics at the University of Hannover, where he also obtained his doctorate. He has authored numerous publications on competition economics, media economics, and sports economics, drawing on extensive academic expertise and international research experience.

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