NOTRE MISSION

Justice for Players a été fondée pour défendre les intérêts des footballeurs professionnels. Nous contestons toute violation du droit européen par la FIFA qui limite vos droits sur et en dehors du terrain.

Le droit européen est clair : chaque joueur doit être libre de choisir son lieu de travail. Pourtant, les règles de transfert de la FIFA ont restreint et continuent de restreindre la libre circulation des joueurs et confèrent à la FIFA et aux associations nationales de football un pouvoir excessif, alors que les négociations entre les joueurs et les clubs devraient être plus équilibrées. La liberté d’un joueur est restreinte lorsqu’il souhaite changer de club. La Cour de justice de l’Union européenne a récemment jugé que les règles de transfert de la FIFA violaient la libre circulation des personnes et le droit de la concurrence. Notre mission est de veiller à ce que les joueurs soient indemnisés pour les pertes qu’ils ont subies en raison de ces règles illégales de la FIFA.

Ce que Justice For Players fait pour vous :

  • Sensibilisation

    nous mettons en lumière la manière dont les règles de la FIFA limitent votre liberté et confèrent à la FIFA un pouvoir excessif

  • Nous ouvrons le dialogue

    nous recherchons des solutions négociées

  • Engager des poursuites judiciaires

    si nous ne parvenons pas à trouver un accord avec la FIFA, nous engagerons des poursuites judiciaires

  • Obtenir des changements positifs

    en plus d'obtenir une indemnisation équitable, nous nous efforcerons d'améliorer l'équité envers les joueurs grâce à une meilleure gouvernance

Pourquoi maintenant ?

Dans l'affaire opposant Lassana Diarra à la FIFA concernant des règles de transfert et de résiliation de contrat jugées illégales, la Cour de justice de l'Union européenne a estimé que les règles FIFA restreignaient illégalement la libre circulation des footballeurs et enfreignaient le droit européen de la concurrence. L'affaire concernait le joueur français Lassana Diarra, qui avait mis fin à son contrat avec le Lokomotiv Moscou et s'était ensuite vu interdire de signer avec un nouveau club. En octobre 2024, la Cour a jugé que les règles FIFA étaient contraires au droit de l'Union européenne et que tous les joueurs avaient subi un préjudice en raison de ces règles (et donc pas seulement les joueurs qui, comme Lassana Diarra, ont vu leur carrière particulièrement affectée).

Team

Le Conseil d’administration de Justice for Players et la gouvernance de la Fondation

Notre conseil d’administration

  • 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.

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CONSEIL DE SURVEILLANCE

Notre conseil de surveillance comprend des experts chevronnés du secteur et du droit, tels que l'ancien juge de la Cour de justice et professeur Melchior Wathelet, la professeure de droit des sociétés Karen Harmsen (Université d'Amsterdam) et le professeur de théorie économique Oliver Budzinski (Université technique d'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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