Super-agent Mino Raiola of Italy, who represented football stars such as Paul Pogba, Erling Haaland, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Matthijs de Ligt, MarcoVerratti among others, has died at 54 after short illness.
His family announced his death on Raiola’s official Twitter page on Saturday, April 30.
“In infinite sorrow, we share the passing of the most caring and amazing football agent that ever was, Mino Raiola. Mino fought until the end with the same strength he put on negotiation tables to defend our players,” his family said on Twitter.
Raiola was battling a lung disease, multiple reports in Italy said.
He played a role in many big-money transfers during his successful career.
For instance, he facilitated Paul Pogba’s record-breaking move from Juventus to Manchester United in 2016.
The agent’s career started in the 1980s, brokering Dennis Bergkamp’s move from Ajax to Inter Milan in 1993. He was also involved in Robinho’s historic move from Real Madrid to Manchester City.
Below is a list of every Raiola client currently playing:
- Erling Haaland – Borussia Dortmund,
- Matthijs de Ligt – Juventus,
- Gianluigi Donnarumma – Paris Saint-Germain,
- Paul Pogba – Manchester United,
- Marco Verratti – Paris Saint-Germain
- Stefan de Vrij – Inter Milan
- Hirving Lozano – Napoli
- Marcus Thuram – Borussia Monchengladbach
- Moise Kean – Juventus
- Ryan Gravenberch – Ajax
- Donyell Malen – Borussia Dortmund
- Alessio Romagnoli – AC Milan
- Konstantinos Manolas – Napoli
- Owen Wijndal – AZ Alkmaar
- Alphonse Areola – West Ham United
- Denzel Dumfries – Inter Milan
- Henrikh Mkhitaryan – AS Roma
- Calvin Stengs – Nice
- Myron Boadu – AS Monaco
- Justin Kluivert – OGC Nice
- Mohamed Ihattaren – Sampdoria
- Andrea Pinamonti – FC Empoli
- Walter Benitez – OGC Nice
- Mitchel Bakker – Bayer Leverkusen
- Luca Pellegrini – Juventus
- Brian Brobbey – RB Leipzig
- Pablo Rosario – OGC Nice
- Mohamed Fares – Genoa
- Kenny Tete – Fulham
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic – AC Milan
- Giacomo Bonaventura – Fiorentina
- Pantelis Chatzidiakos – AZ Alkmaar
- Blaise Matuidi – Inter Miami
- Riccardo Calafiori – AS Roma
- Vangelis Pavlidis – AZ Alkmaar
- Philippe Sandler – ESTAC Troyes
- Rodrigo Ely – Nottingham Forest
- Joao Paulo – Seattle Sounders
- Roberto Insigne – Benevento Calcio
- Derrick Luckassen – Fatih Garagumruk
- Mario Balotelli – Adana Demirspor
- Federico Macheda – Panathinaikos Athens
- Micky van de Ven – Wolfsburg
- Alessandro Deiola – Cagliari Calcio
- Wesley – FC Sion
- Marco Tumminello – Reggina 1914
- Luciano Narsingh – Free agent
- Cedric Gondo – US Salernitana
- Vladimir Weiss – Slovan Bratislava
- Liam van Gelderon – Ajax
- Immanuel Pherai – Borussia Dortmund
- Emre Mor – Fatih Karagumruk
- Camillo Ciano – Frosinone Calcio
- Thomas Lam – CSKA Sofia
- Raul Assencio – AD Alcorcon
- Fabio Pisacane – US Lecce
- Xavi Simmons – Paris Saint-Germain
- Ricardo Kishna – ADO Den Haag
- Nicolo Armini – Piacenza Calcio 1919
- Davide Merola – Calcio Foggia 1920
- Ouasim Bouy – Al Kharaitiyat SC
- Mattia Vitale – FC Pro Vercelli 1892
- Eron – Atletico Mineiro
- Lucas Roggia – Juventude
- Gustavo Hebling – XV De Piracicaba
- Hicham Kanis – Panserraikos
- Ahmed Camara – Opountios Martino
- Vincenzo Tommasone – FC Rieti
- Lorenzo Andriuoli – Union Villa Cassano
- Burak Kardes – Eendracht Termien
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