The soccer market has one of the highest returns of investment levels of the planet, becoming an industry that creates millions of employments and foreign exchange all over the world. It is estimated that soccer moves about US$ 250 billions a year.
When Brazil hosts the World Cup in 2014 this country is going to have great opportunities to show the world that besides being the main talents developer, it is also becoming part of the soccer vocational era.
Soccer is Brazil’s great passion, it moves crowds and the clubs are major players exporters for all over the world. Every year many Brazil’s stand out players and even the non talented ones go on challenges in Europe, Japan e other countries, searching for money and glory.
For example between the period of 2004 and 2008, the Brazilian Soccer League (CBF) counted more than 4.500 players transfers for other countries only at the professional category. In average, it was about 891 athletes transferred per year. In this universe, at the same period, Brazil’s Central Bank said that only in transfers, player’s selling breed US$ 1,2 of foreign exchange.
For example, in the period 2004 - 2008 the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) recorded nearly 4500 transfers of players abroad only in the professional category. On average, about 891 athletes have been transferred annually. In this universe, in the period, according to the Central Bank of Brazil, only transfers, sales of players generated $ 1.2 billion of foreign currency.
It is set at FIFA records 301 thousands soccer clubs, over 38 millions professional athletes are subscribed, of that 4,1 million are women, 5,5 millions are arbitrators and 70 thousands coaches.
Soccer moves over US$ 400 billion per year and has about 265 millions of people that plays it, of that 7% are from Latin America.
In 2008, FIFA has billed US$ 1 billion and Real Madrid have won more than US$ 350 million, the Brazilian team that won the most was the Sao Paulo FC accounting R$ 100 million.
