Juan Figer

Juan Figer Svirski (4 October 1934 – 31 December 2021) was a Uruguayan-Brazilian football agent. His organisation, MJF Publicidade e Promoções S/C Ltda,[1]^[failed verification] represents, amongst others, Brazilian footballers Robinho, Júlio Baptista, Alex, Zé Roberto, and Europeans Luís Figo and Marcos Senna. He was co-owner of the firm with Wagner Ribeiro. Figer died on 31 December 2021, at the age of 87.[2]

Business deals

He worked very closely with Turkish Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe club chairman Aziz Yıldırım.

Transfers he has brokered include:

• Luís Figo to Real Madrid, July 2000, €60M
• Alex to Fenerbahçe, July 2004, $5M
• Deivid, Edu Dracena, and Diego Lugano to Fenerbahçe, July 2006, $52M
• Robinho to Real Madrid, July 2005, €50M
• Júlio Baptista to Real Madrid, July 2005, €20M
• Robinho to Manchester City, July 2008, over €42.5M
• Thiago Ribeiro to Cagliari, August 2011, $5M

Clients he represented include:

• Zico
• Robinho
• Marcos Senna
• Alex
• Júlio Baptista
• Diego Lugano
• Luís Figo
• Zé Roberto
• Fábio Aurélio
• Hulk
• José Kléberson
• Alberto Acosta[3]
• Thiago Ribeiro
• Neymar

References

1. Firm address and telephones Archived 2009-02-28 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Morre o empresário uruguaio Juan Figer, aos 87 anos". Globo. 31 December 2021.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-08-27.