He Rules for players from Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF)issued on March 13, 2002, distinguishes between two classes of players: professionals and fans.

According to Article 3 of the rulebook, Amateur players are those who, in their participation in association football or in any activity related to it, have never received compensation for expenses greater than those actually incurred during the performance of their activity.. Reimbursement of expenses arising from travel, food, equipment, preparation and health or life insurance will be accepted without affecting the quality of the fans.

long as A professional soccer player is one who periodically receives monetary compensation for his work, which is agreed upon in the appropriate contractual act..

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Pray regulation that the condition or status of amateur players and professional players will be determined by the FEF; and, in the event of a dispute over the player’s status, it will be resolved exclusively by the Ecuadorian Football Federation’s Player Status Commission, whose decision will be appealable to the Ecuadorian Football Federation’s Court of Appeal. Football.

These records of amateur and professional players must be included, according to their jurisdiction, in an integrated system SIFEF I comet system of FEF.

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It is stated that for the registration of amateur players in the SIFEF and/or Comet systems, the date of signing the contract with the club, as well as the loan agreement, is not required.

In the case of minor players (under 18 years of age), their registration requires “duly certified authorization from parents and, in their absence, anyone who has parental authority or a special guardian, who represents him in accordance with Ecuadorian laws.

“The information specified in this article will be provided by the club that registers it on a card prepared by the FEF and which must be signed by: the player who will also authenticate the fingerprint of the right thumb; and in the case of minors, the signature and the signature of parents or legal representatives; the president of the respective club and the secretary of the provincial football association”, it is stated in Appendix D of Article 4.

In this sense, the FEF will prepare a card “which must be signed by: the player who will also print the fingerprint of the right thumb; and in the case of minors, the signature and the signature of parents or legal representatives; the president of the respective club and the secretary of the provincial football association”.

After fulfilling the request, the card will be signed by the Secretary General of the FEF and archived.

foreign minor

Article 8 of the National Regulations states that, in the event of the registration of a player under the age of eighteen, who is of foreign origin, the FEF shall be subject to the provisions of Appendix 2. Rulebook on the status and transfer of FIFA playerswhich will be applied in all cases of international transfers of minors under the age of eighteen or in the event that they intend to register for football activity for the first time.

Minor professional players

As stated in Article 14, a player registered with the Ecuadorian Football Association as a professional must necessarily and compulsorily have a written contract with the club.

In the case of minor players, on the day of signing the contract, a written authorization, duly authenticated, of their parents or legal representatives and, in their absence, anyone with parental care or a special guardian, will be attached. in accordance with Ecuadorian laws represents him; and shall contain at least the following provisions:

c) Place and date of birth of the player;

d) contract duration;

e) Rights and obligations of the contracting parties;

f) Determining the monthly payment that the club will pay to the player;

g) Causes and forms of termination or suspension of the contractual relationship;

h) An explicit statement on the submission of individual commercial disputes to Special Arbitration Courts or the FEF Chamber for Mediation and Dispute Resolution, depending on the case, in the manner provided by this Rulebook, the FEF Statute and the “Professional Football Player Act”.

Underage players with a professional contract

Article 16 of the rulebook stipulates that a minor cannot sign a contract as a professional soccer player for a period longer than three years.

And article 17 provides that a club that wants to obtain the services of a player who is under contract with another club, will have the obligation to communicate its interest to the club where the athlete works, before starting negotiations with the player. This is covered by the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players.

What do sports law experts think?

Is it ethical for a club or its representatives to recruit underage players from another club’s training division?

Some experts consulted by EL UNIVERSO do not consider it an unethical practice to recruit talent from one club’s training department to another club because scouts equipment or emissaries What they are trying to do is open up opportunities for these youngsters in other clubs. But to implement this process of changing the team of an amateur player, experts analyze, certification is required.

On the other hand, explains Carlos Buitrago, lawyer and legal director of the Gher Sports agency, a player under the age of 18 even if you do not have an employment contract, you must be registered with the club through any membership certificate.

“Even if they (minors) do not have a work contract, they must be registered in the club in one way or another through any application form. When a player (fan) wants to be part of a second category team in Ecuador, he registers with that club, they register him with the Ecuadorian Football Federation and register him on the Comet System platform; he will be registered there and is part of that club. In order to be able to leave that club, the player requires peace and salvation (finiquito is called in Ecuador), that is, he must not have any debt or anything pending from the club, and the club is obliged to give him that,” he details. Buitrago.

“However, many times it happens that the team invested something, gave them a house, a home, food, shoes, and the player decides to leave because he is an amateur player. Yes, he can go play where he wants because they don’t have any contract that binds him to work. He can leave as long as they have peace and salvation (settlement), and there have been a lot of disputes,” he adds.

“No pass is required. What the player is looking for is alignment or peace and save. It is not a document, it is not physical. He simply asks the club for a confirmation that he has no debt to the institution and that’s it, I can go and register in another club,” he says.

Buitrago points out that the ideal scenario is for the club to register the player, have federation rights and register him for participation in official competitions that play in the Second Category (that’s professionalism in Ecuador), so that tomorrow he could possibly ask for training rights or a solidarity mechanism.

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