CAS 2016/A/4903 Club Atletico Velez Sarsfield v. The Football Association Ltd., Manchester City FC & FIFA

Date of the decision: 2018-04-16

Arbitrator(s): Efraim Barak Gustavo Albano Abreu Ulrich Haas

Since Vada I and Vada II cases, FIFA has factually changed its policy, respecting the interpretation given to Article 19 FIFA RSTP by CAS. As such, FIFA changed its interpretation from an analysis based on the domicile of the transferring clubs involved in the relevant transfer to an analysis based on the nationality of the player and the domicile of the new club concerned.

Facts and Procedure

Velez, an Argentinean Club appealed a FIFA decision granting TMS certificate of the Player to English side City.

On 1 October 2010, the “Player a football player of Argentinian nationality born on 11 July 2000, was registered with Velez when he was 11 years of age. During his registration with Velez, he was called up to represent Argentinean Football Association (AFA)’s national youth teams.

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