Football player management is a lucrative business and many people in Nigeria claim to be representatives of football players because of the associated perks. License from respective boards and federations are not substantive as testimonies from players you have managed and represented successfully, which set you apart from the rest. We have examined the work of the top 10 football agents in Nigeria, who are responsible for more than seventy percent of international transfers and present our findings below.
Top 10 Football Agents in Nigeria
Churchill Oliseh
Oliseh is the owner of FC Ebedei, a football club currently in the Nationwide League. He also operates an agency responsible for managing players’ affairs and representation.
The agent is a brother to a former Nigerian international and Super Eagles captain, Sunday Oliseh. The former represents FC Midtjylland of Denmark with his team serving as a feeder club of the Danish outfit.
Churchill has exploited this connection to help move more than two hundred youth abroad including Stephen Makinwa, Izunna Uzochukwu, Ifeanyi Emeghara, Babatunde Collins, Akeem Agbetu, Ajilore Oluwafemi, and Adigun Salami, among others.
He is the manager that discovered Obafemi Martin and went on to represent top players, such as Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Ikpe Ekon, Haruna Luman, and Dosu Joseph.
Furthermore, the agent enjoys close ties with AS Monaco, Reggiana, and Hapoel Tel-Aviv.
John Olatunji Shittu
Shittu is licensed as a player agent by the NFF and rose to prominence following the transfer saga involving John Obi Mikel between Chelsea and Manchester United.
He collaborates with Jerome Anderson of the British sports agency, SEM. Initially, Shittu was an employee of SEM until he broke off to work independently. As such, he has close ties with SEM and is renowned for his outstanding work ethic in the management of players’ affairs and negotiating their contracts.
The agent was responsible for Obi Mikel and oversaw his contract while he was an adolescent, and took him through the Manchester United Academy before landing him at Chelsea.
Other top players that Shittu manages include Isaac Promise, Chinedu Obasi, Ambrose Efe, and Onyekachi Apam. He remains one of the best football agents in Nigeria.
Alex Ebegbune
Alex has an operating license from NFF to serve as an agent and is also the chairman of EM Sports. He is renowned for his mastery of the Eastern European football market, especially his close ties with Moldova, Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine agents.
Currently, he operates in conjunction with Cosmosports owned by Schmidt Bernd, a consortium of lawyers and players in Europe. This organization gives him access to clubs, such as Lokomotiv Moscow, CSKA Moscow, and Sheriff Moldova, among others.
Some of the transfers that Alex has overseen include those of Rajak Omotoyossi, Isaac Okoronkwo, Edward Ananike, Chiedu Chukwueke, Chidi Odia, and more.
His plan to transfer Nwakali and Okon to FC Sheriff and CSKA Moscow is still underway.
Paul Okoye
Paul is an international entrepreneur and football manager, and he has successfully overseen the transfer of countless youth to America and the UK.
The agent is extremely wealthy and well-connected in the football circle. He is the director and owner of Paulkinson International and chairs the board of Kanu Heart Foundation.
Paul was the agent responsible for the transfer of Kanu and Okocha to Portsmouth and Bolton Wanderers.
Moreover, he manages the football affairs of players, such as above in addition to Chidi Nwanu, Stanley Opara, and Christopher Kanu.
Dosu Joseph
Dosu was part of the Nigerian team that won the 96 Olympics with him in between the sticks. A fatal car crash ended his promising football career after restricting him to a wheelchair for quite some time.
Today, the SuperSports TV analyst owns a football academy that runs coaching clinics. The agent uses his football connections with Christian Omolor and Churchill Oliseh to transfer players from his academy to clubs abroad.
Dosu has managed to move players, such as Reuben Gabriel, Brown Ideye, and Mohammed Gabo to elite clubs.
Paul Ojoi
Paul is one of the best agent football agents in Nigeria and the founder of P-Sports Ltd. He has worked with Anderson Esiti of PAOK FC, Wilfred Ndidi of Leicester and Isaac Success, the brother to Dennis of Watford.
He is experienced in matters of agency and representation, and recently won the Agent of the Year Award, making him one of the most renowned football agents in Abuja Nigeria
Daniel Eke
Eke dominates the Nigerian market just as Jorge Mendes and Mino Raiola are for Europe. He tops the list of football agents in Nigeria.
The agent has established himself as the finest, closing deals of all magnitudes. Eke is renowned for his trust and commitment, attributes that have cemented his reputation in the industry.
His transfers include Emeka Atulomah and Cyril Olisema to Enyimba FC.
Michael Sodeke
Michael is the founder and coordinator of FIAN and CEO of AIS. These agencies are in charge of promoting and developing talents at the grassroots.
He represents players’ interests and contracts negotiation. He has been part of Kano Pillars’ recent recruitments.
Ralph Knomo
Ralph Knomo is considered the best football agent in Nigeria after representing some of the top players in Africa. He has worked with Benjamin Mwaruwaru of Zimbabwe, Nwankwo Kanu, and John Utaka, and served as Portsmouth’s chief scout for Africa to help many players move to Europe. He features on most websites that document football agents in Nigeria and their contacts.
Football Agents in Nigeria and Their Contacts
Visit their respective agencies to get football agents’ WhatsApp numbers in Nigeria.