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#2 Jorge Mendes
Agency: Gestifute International
Net Worth: $100.52 M
Contract Value Under Management: $1 B
Notable Players: Jose Mourinho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Renato Sanches, William Carvalho, Thiago Silva, James Rodriguez, Diego Costa, Angel Di Maria, Bernardo Silva.
Jorge Mendes is easily the most recognizable name in football agency. He is the agent to some of the biggest players in football history and has been awarded the Globe Soccer Agent of the Year award a mammoth 7 times, having lost this award only once to Mino Raiola.
He can be credited with changing English football forever, as he introduced manager Jose Mourinho to England after getting him to Chelsea. A multitude of Mendes players have ended up in England, with just a few being Deco, Diego Costa, Radamel Falcao, Ricardo Carvalho, Ricardo Quaresma and Paulo Ferreira. These were players that only went to Chelsea. Manchester United saw clients like Cristiano Ronaldo, Angel di Maria, Radamel Falcao (again), Bebe, Anderson etc. all arrive at Old Trafford because of Mendes's tremendous influence. He currently is changing the landscape of even the second-tier of English football, as he signed some of his most promising Portuguese talents like Diogo Jota and Ruben Neves to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Mendes was also key to the revitalizing French football after a trio of his players made big money moves to Monaco. these players were Joao Moutinho, James Rodriguez and Radamel Falcao (him again). His latest big deal was Bernardo Silva's move to Manchester City from Monaco.
