Died Due To Illness, Net Worth Of Soccer Agent Mino Railo Reaches $90 million

Mino Raiola, one of the leading soccer agents (Instagram @minoraiola)

JAKARTA - In the world of football, one of the important figures but not in the spotlight is agent Mino Raiola. He is known to represent green field stars like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Mario Balotelli, and Erling Haland.

Raiola was born in Nocera Inferiore, Salerno, in southern Italy in 1967, but a year later the family moved to Haarlem, the Netherlands. At university, he enrolled in law school and played football for the HFC Haarlem youth team. However, he left at the age of 18 to become the manager of the youth team.

Later, he became a football agent, starting the business at the sports agency Sports Promotions, being part of the transfer of Dutch players to Italian Serie A teams such as Frank Rijkaard, Wim Jonk, and Dennis Bergkamp.

Quoted from Marca, Sunday, May 1, he then decided to be independent and made his first major transfer when Czech legend Pavel Nedved moved from Sparta Prague (Czech) to Lazio. Since then, the top players represented by Raiola more and more.

In 2016, Raiola paved the way for Pogba's transfer from Juventus to Manchester United for US$140 million for which Raiola received a commission of US$26.4 million.

Raiola has negotiated more than $847.7 million in contracts and typically charges commissions for each transfer of players which represents close to 10 percent. He also owns luxury properties in Europe and the United States and speaks seven languages: Italian, English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Dutch.

After being admitted to the hospital on Thursday, April 18, rumors circulated about Raiola's death, but the player's agent denied the press reports.

"Current health status for those wondering: annoyed for the second time in 4 months, they killed me. Seems to be resuscitating too," Raiola wrote on Twitter. However, last Saturday morning Raiola's death has been confirmed.

According to websites like CA Knowledge, the agent's net worth as of 2022 is $90 million.