Hi guys, this may not be the right forum for it and I apologise in advance if it is not.

My father works with a recent migrant from Colombia, he has a 20 year old nephew that is playing regular first team top flight football in Venezuela. He wants his nephew to come over and play A-League and I've been charged with providing advice on how to make it happen.

So far I've recommended that he get here and knock on as many doors as possible for trials and explained foreign player restrictions and salary caps. Do you think it would be worth he getting a local agent to do that legwork for him, or wait until the time comes if/when a club shows some interest and then get representation?

Should he also approach state league clubs, or focus firmly on the HAL to begin with and then move down if no one wants to go for him yet?

I have no idea how good or bad the Venezuelan league is, what sort of player he is or even what his name or who he plays for yet, but any other actions they can look at that I haven't thought of yet?

Agent to send DVDs en masse to the clubs. Hope he gets picked up in 1-2 years. It's how many of the players have been signed so far.

If he were to come here, he could ask for a trial, but there's little guarantee of ever getting one. Would be likely to end up playing in a local league for a while if he were going to do that.

He could also do worse than come in and sign for a state league club and that way get a shop window into the HAL. Worked for Ali Abbas amongst others.

Mate, contact me via PM, I know an agent.

That is if he hasn't contacted you already.:)

Haha, I think he has.

Ask Adelaide United... ;) :lol:

Sounds like an immigration scam!

Just mock up a fake wiki page, saying that he has played for River Plate, Ajax and Lokomotiv Moscow:lol:

With only about 10 to 15 spots For the entire A-Leauge Per year, your chances are very limited to get in ,,,,,,,,,many give up and get out and stop chasing the leather ball for a well paid job, no one can feed a family by playing state leauge ,it must be A-Leauge thats if you get a long contract, one year your in the other your gone ,how stable is this...

Edited by pistola: 3/3/2013 09:24:52 PM

Edited by pistola: 3/3/2013 09:25:26 PM

50 A-League visa spots available each season. About half of them will be available for next season. And learn to spell league. ;)