The professionality level of a football stakeholder, as defined in FIFA Regulations on Status and Transfer of Players. A professional is a football stakeholder who has a written contract with a club and is paid more for his footballing activity than the expenses he effectively incurs. All other stakeholders are considered to be amateurs. Types of player registrations that matter to FIFA Player passport The standard registration of a player. In this type, the player is registered for her/his primary club, and is not loaned to any other club. This type is of permanent nature, i.e. in most scenarios the player registration is not time limited. This is the default and most common registration type. The registration of a player loaned to a club. In this type, the player is registered for the club that has accepted the player on a loan basis. This type is of temporary nature, i.e. the player is usually loaned for a period of 6 or 12 months. In this period, the club retains a contractual relationship with her/his primary club, without eligibility to play for the primary club. The possible roles of an organisation official (e.g. President). A worldwide unique identifier issued by FIFA. The format is defined by 7 digits whereas the last digit is a control digit. Possible roles of a person. The possible types of certificates a match official cn have. The men Elite licence. The men First licence. The men Second licence. The men Third licence. The women Elite licence. The women First licence. The women Second licence. The women Third licence. The futsal Elite licence. The futsal First licence. The futsal Second licence. The futsal Third licence. The AFC Elite Referee licence. The AFC Referee licence. The AFC Elite Assistant Referee licence. The AFC Assistant Referee licence. The AFC Elite Futsal Referee licence. The AFC Futsal Referee licence. The FIFA Referee licence. Referees who officiate in the professional competeitions organised by the Member Association (or whose organisation is delegated to a professional league). Referees who officiate in the semi-professional and amateur competitions organised at national level. Referees who officiate in the competitions organised at regional or provincial level. Referees who officiate in grassroots and youth competitions. The possible types of certificates a team official cn have. The UEFA PRO licence. The UEFA A licence. The UEFA B licence. The UEFA Elite Youth A Licence. The UEFA Goalkeeper A Licence. The UEFA Futsal B Licence. The AFC professional Coaching Diploma. The AFC A Coaching Certificate. The AFC B Coaching Certificate. The AFC C Coaching Certificate. The AFC Goalkeeper Coach Level 1. The AFC Goalkeeper Coach Level 2. The AFC Goalkeeper Coach Level 3. The AFC Conditioning Coach. The AFC Futsal Coach. A simple Active/Inactive status type, e.g. for an organisation or facility. An active organisation, e.g. an operating stadium. An inactive organisation, e.g. a dissolved club. A pending registration, e.g. waiting to be confirmed. A FIFA supported sport/discipline. The organisation type. Enumaration of the nature / kind of organisation. The typical hierarchy of football related associations is: World Federation (FIFA), Confederation (AFC), National Association (DFB), Regional Association(s). The nature type of FIFA. Confederations such as UEFA, CONMEBOL or AFC. National associations/federations, such as the DFB or FFF. Regional associations, such as Northern German Football Association. Club, such as FC Bayern Munich. Club's Team, such as women team of VfL Wolfsburg. School, such as Jeppe High School for Boys. School, such as Boca Juniors Reserves and Academy. School, such as Mauritius Grassroots programme. School, such as Elite Football Academy. College, such as St John's College. University, such as Universidad de Las Palmas CF footballers. Other type of an organisation. The type of ground in the field/pitch. The natural grass. The FIFA recommended two star artificial turf. The FIFA recommended one star artificial turf. Other types of artificial turf. A hard pitch, e.g. a futsal indoor surface Unknown ground. Possible roles of a match official (e.g. Referee). Video Assistant Referee Assistant Video Assistant Referee The possible roles of a team official (e.g. Coach). Possible values of a club training category. This represents a generic person registration and its attributes. A person registration is assigned to a person. A person registration marks a person for an organisation and the given validity period. The worldwide unique FIFA id of the person this registration belongs to. You can think of this as a foreign key to the person. The status of the registration, i.e. active (current) or inactive (terminated). The worldwide unique FIFA ID of the club or organisation the person is registered for. Players are registered for a club. Team officials, match officials or organisation officials can be registered for either a club or an association. The date when the validity of this registration starts, e.g. when a player joins and officially registers for a club. The date when the validity of the registration ends, e.g. when a player officially leaves a club. The certification nature of a certificate. This represents a generic person certification and its attributes. A person certification is assigned to a person. A person certification defines a specific certificate which person has in the given validity period. The status of the certificate, i.e. active (current) or inactive (expired certificate). The date when the validity of this certificate starts, e.g. when a person's certificate starts being valid. The date when the validity of the certificate ends, e.g. when a person's certificate is not valid anymore. An optional more detailed description of the certification. This represents match official (e.g. Referee) certificate and its attributes. A match official certificate is assigned to a person. A match official registration marks a person as a match official for an organisation and the given validity period. The match official certification nature type. This represents team official (e.g. Referee) certificate and its attributes. A match official certificate is assigned to a person. A match official registration marks a person as a match official for an organisation and the given validity period. The team official certification nature type. This represents a player registration and its attributes. A player registration is assigned to a person. A player registration marks a person as a player for a club and the given validity period. The level the person was playing on for the club, i.e. amateur or professional. The sport/discipline this registration is valid for, e.g. a football player registration is distinct from a beach soccer player registration. Defines the type of the registration whether it is a loan or permanent one. The training category of a club during the period of time that a given registration has been active. This represents match official (e.g. Referee) registration and its attributes. A match official registration is assigned to a person. A match official registration marks a person as a match official for an organisation and the given validity period. The match official role type, e.g. Referee or Observer. The sport/discipline this registration is for. E.g. a futsal referee is distinct from a football referee This represents a team official registration (e.g. Coach) and its attributes. A team official registration is assigned to a person. A team official registration marks a person as a team official for an organisation and the given validity period. The team official role type, e.g. Coach or Team Doctor. The sport/discipline this registration is for, e.g. a futsal coach registration is distinct from a football coach registration. The match official certificate list. Match official certificates. The team official certificate list. Team official certificates. A generic person and its attributes. Every human football stakeholder is a person: Players, Referees, Coaches, Officials etc. The photo of the person. The localised names of the person. Unique National Identifiers of a person, e.g. social security number, passport number, or Tax ID. The list of relevant match official certifications, diplomas, or licences of a football stakeholder, e.g. FIFA Referee certificate. The list of relevant team official certifications, diplomas, or licences of a football stakeholder, e.g. UEFA coach licence. The player registrations list. The team official registrations list. The match official registrations list. The organisation official registrations list. The worldwide unique FIFA ID of the person. This ID is never changed and accompanies a person for its whole life. The international firstname of a person. The international lastname of a person. The popular name or nickname of a person, such as "Ronaldinho" or "Xavi". The sex of the person. The nationality of the person. The second nationality of the person. The date of birth of this person. The country where the person was born. Note that this is not the nationality but simply the country where this person was born. The region (e.g., province or states) where the person was born. The location (town, village or similar) where the person was born. The complex type which defines the supported sports/disciplines in a club in combination with the gender of players. The supported sport/discipline. The gender of players eligible for the sport/discipline. If none specified, then this club has a team in both genders in this sport/discipline. This represents a generic organisation and its attributes. Various types of football organisations belong to this type: FIFA, member associations, Clubs etc. Organisations may be parts/members of other organisations. In these cases an organisation has a parent organisation. The FIFA is for example the parent organisation of the DFB. Information about the unique National Identifiers of an organisation, e.g. VAT number, or local system ID. The localised names of the organisation. The list of supported disciplines defined for some club (combination of discipline and gender). The official mail address of the organisation. The web address of the organisation. The primary e-mail of the organisation. The primary phone number of the organisation. The primary fax number of the organisation. The logo of the Organisation. The worldwide unique FIFA ID of the organisation. The ID is never changed and accompanies an organisation for its whole lifecycle. The status of this organisation. The full international name of the organisation. For a club this is for example Ballsportverein Borussia Dortmund e.V. The international short name (or abbreviation) of the organisation. As an example this could be FIFA or BVB. The type/nature of an organisation, e.g. confederation, national association, club etc. The date when the Organisation was founded. The date when the Organisation was dissolved or superseded by another Organisation. The ID of the parent organisation. If this organisation is a child of (an)other organisation, this element points to the parent organisation. E.g. for the Club PSG, this would be the French FF (FFF). The generic facility, i.e. stadiums, sports arenas, or any other relevant real-estate. The localised names of the facility. The list of the fields belonging to a facility. The official address of the facility. The web address of the facility. The primary e-mail of the facility. The primary phone number of the facility. The primary fax number of the facility. The worldwide unique FIFA ID of the facility. The status of this facility. The international name of the facility. An example could be L'Estadi Camp Nou. The international name (or abbreviation) of the Facility. As an example this could be Wembley or Camp Nou. The ID of the parent organisation. If this facility belongs to some organisation, this attribute points to that parent organisation. The ID of the parent field. If this facility is a child of (an)other facility, this element points to the parent facility. E.g. for Zagrabelo Pitch 1, this would be Zagrebello Sports Complex. This represents a field. A field is a special facility allowing football matches to take place. The order number of the field belonging to a facility. The discipline/sport which is being played on the stadium. The maximum number of people allowed as audience/spectators. The type of ground in the stadium, e.g. natural grass or artificial turf. The length of a field defined in metres (m). The width of a field defined in metres (m). The latitude of a field defined as a decimal point (+ for North, - for South). The longitude of a field defined as a decimal point (+ for East, - for West). This represents an organisation official (e.g. President, Secretary, Press Officer) registration and its attributes. An organisation organisation registration is assigned to a person. An organisation official registration marks a person as an organisation official for an organisation and the given validity period. The organisation official's role type, e.g. President or Press Officer. The player registrations list. The list of player registrations. The match official registrations list. The list of match official (e.g. Referee) registrations. The team official registrations list. The list of team official (e.g. Coach) registrations. The organisation official registrations list. The list of organisation official (e.g. President, Secretary, Press Officer) registrations.