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, 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 from cardiac arrest, on 31 December 2021, at the age of 87.

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
• Thiago Ribeiro
• Neymar

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