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#1 Jorge Mendes
Total number of clients: 102
Contracts worth: £626.3m
Marquee Clients: Cristiano Ronaldo, Angel Di Maria, James Rodriguez, Diego Costa, Bernardo Silva, Jose Mourinho
Commission earned so far in 2017: $76.9 million
Portuguese football agent Jorge Mendes was football's first super-agent and recognized as "FIFA's Agent of the Year" three times in his career. He was also named "Best Agent of the Year" at the Globe Soccer Awards six consecutive times, from 2010 to 2015.
He came into the limelight when he engineered Cristiano Ronaldo's move from Sporting to Manchester United in 2003, and then the £80 million world record move from United to Real Madrid in 2009. He is also the one who brought Jose Mourinho to the English Premier League when he brokered Mourinho's move from Porto to Chelsea.
Mendes orchestrated some of the biggest deals in world football. James Rodríguez to Real Madrid, Diego Costa to Chelsea.and Angel Di María to Manchester United.
Cristiano Ronaldo's words on Mendes tells how good and professional he is: “Jorge’s greatest virtues are that he is honest, sincere and professional...Nobody works as much as he does...he’s number one without a doubt.”
