About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of moving football personnel across South America within the immigration framework.

Football is one of the world’s most global sports, relying on the ability to move players, coaches and support staff quickly and compliantly across borders. Behind every transfer, tournament and training camp is an immigration framework that can either enable movement — or create unexpected barriers. In Fragomen FC – Episode 14, Partners Gustavo Kanashiro and Rick Lamanna, Senior Associate Jake Paul Minster and Senior Manager Sergio Flores examine how immigration systems across the Americas s...

People in this episode

Guests: Gustavo Kanashiro, Rick Lamanna, Jake Paul Minster, Sergio Flores

Topics covered

• football
• immigration
• South America
• player transfers
• compliance
• sports management

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Organizations: Fragomen

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