Terms of Use

These Terms of Use (the "Terms") are concluded between LeanPlay Football ("LeanPlay", "we", "us"), a company established in the Netherlands, and you, whether acting as a player, parent or legal guardian, licensed football agent, club, academy or other authorised representative ("you", "User").

By creating an account, accessing the platform or otherwise using any part of the services (collectively, the "Services"), you confirm that you have read, understood and accept these Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Acceptable Use Policy and Safeguarding & Minors Policy, each of which is incorporated by reference. If you do not accept these Terms in their entirety, you must not use the Services.

Where you accept these Terms on behalf of a club, academy, agency or other legal entity, you warrant that you hold the authority to bind that entity, and "you" shall be construed accordingly.

LeanPlay operates a compliance-oriented technology platform that facilitates identity verification, structured player profiles, document custody, professional discovery and contract workflow support. LeanPlay is a neutral intermediary technology provider. It is not a football agent, is not a party to any representation agreement or employment contract concluded between Users, and does not perform any activity reserved to licensed football agents under the FIFA Football Agent Regulations.

Nothing on the platform constitutes legal, tax, immigration, medical or financial advice. Information regarding FIFA, confederation, national association or statutory requirements is provided for orientation only. Users remain solely responsible for obtaining independent professional advice and for their own regulatory compliance.

LeanPlay does not guarantee any trial, contract, transfer, visa, registration or sporting outcome, and expressly disclaims any representation to the contrary made by any User.

Account holders must be at least 16 years of age. A person aged 16 or 17 may hold an account only where a parent or legal guardian has been verified on the platform, has countersigned the guardian consent instrument and continues to exercise oversight of the account. Persons under 16 may not hold an account; their information may be represented on the platform solely through a verified guardian account, in accordance with the Safeguarding & Minors Policy.

You acknowledge that international transfers of minors are restricted by Article 19 of the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players and that LeanPlay applies conservative controls that may exceed the strict regulatory minimum.

You must provide accurate, current and complete information at registration and maintain it thereafter. Verification is a condition of continued access to certain features. LeanPlay may request identity documents, proof of age, licence numbers, club registration evidence, guardian documentation and other reasonable evidence, and may suspend or refuse access where verification fails, is incomplete or where fraud is reasonably suspected.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials and for all activity conducted through your account. You must notify us without undue delay upon becoming aware of any unauthorised access. Accounts are personal and may not be shared, sold, sublicensed or transferred.

Each User acting in a professional capacity represents and warrants, on a continuing basis, that:

• it holds and maintains all licences, registrations and authorisations required by FIFA, the relevant confederation and its national association, including a valid FIFA Football Agent licence where applicable;
• it complies with the FIFA Football Agent Regulations, including provisions on service fees, multiple representation, conflicts of interest and the prohibition on approaching minors without guardian consent;
• it will not solicit or accept payment for representation of a minor except as permitted by the applicable regulations;
• all information, documentation and credentials submitted to LeanPlay are authentic, accurate and lawfully obtained; and
• it is not subject to any sporting, regulatory, criminal or administrative sanction that would prevent it from performing football-related activity.

LeanPlay may verify these warranties at any time, including through checks against publicly available regulatory registers, and may suspend access immediately where a warranty is or becomes untrue.

You retain all ownership rights in the content, documents, images, footage and data you upload ("User Content"). You grant LeanPlay a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable licence to host, store, reproduce, adapt for format and display User Content strictly for the purpose of providing the Services, and to disclose it to Users you expressly authorise.

You warrant that you hold all rights necessary to grant that licence, including any rights in match footage, image rights, or third-party performance data, and that the User Content does not infringe the rights of any person.

LeanPlay does not sell User Content, does not use it to train third-party artificial intelligence models without your separate, freely given consent, and does not make player documentation publicly accessible.

Fees for subscriptions and verification services are displayed inclusive of applicable value added tax for consumers in the European Union and are charged in the currency shown at checkout. Business Users are responsible for providing a valid VAT identification number where the reverse-charge mechanism applies.

Subscriptions renew automatically for successive periods unless cancelled before the end of the then-current term. Price changes will be notified at least thirty (30) days in advance and take effect at the next renewal; you may terminate before the change takes effect.

LeanPlay does not charge pay-to-play trial fees and does not accept commission on any transfer, representation agreement or employment contract concluded between Users. Refund and statutory withdrawal rights are set out in the Refund & Withdrawal Policy.

This clause applies to every User who is introduced to, connected with, discovered by, or otherwise first becomes known to another User through the Services (a "Platform Introduction"). A Platform Introduction is deemed to have occurred where the Users concerned first came into contact, directly or indirectly, by means of the platform, including through profile discovery, search results, shortlists, messaging, contact requests, offer workflows or any other platform feature.

Users are prohibited from conducting, negotiating, concluding, procuring or performing, off the platform, any representation, trial, transfer, employment, sponsorship, image-rights, loan or other football-related transaction with a User with whom they have had a Platform Introduction, save where that transaction has first been notified to LeanPlay in accordance with this clause and is conducted transparently through or with the knowledge of LeanPlay. This prohibition applies equally to transactions conducted through an affiliate, family member, employee, associated agency, associated club or any other intermediary acting on a User's behalf.

Each User shall notify LeanPlay in writing at legal@leanplayfootball.com, without undue delay and in any event within seven (7) days, of the commencement of any discussion, negotiation, heads of terms, agreement or arrangement with another User with whom that User has had a Platform Introduction, whether or not the discussion is conducted on the platform, and shall provide on request the identity of the counterparties, the subject matter and the financial terms.

Any off-platform dealing falling within this clause which is not notified in accordance with the preceding paragraph constitutes a material breach of these Terms and entitles LeanPlay to suspend or terminate the accounts concerned with immediate effect, in addition to the financial remedies set out below.

Where a User conducts an off-platform dealing in breach of this clause, LeanPlay shall be entitled to a fee equal to eight per cent (8%) of the gross value of any signing bonus, representation or service fee, transfer fee, loan fee, sell-on payment, commission, bonus, or any other financial benefit of whatever nature accruing to any of the Users concerned in connection with that dealing, calculated before the deduction of tax, agency costs or other charges. The fee falls due upon the earlier of execution of the relevant agreement and receipt of the first payment thereunder, and shall be paid within thirty (30) days of invoice. Sums outstanding after that date bear statutory commercial interest pursuant to Article 6:119a of the Dutch Civil Code, together with reasonable costs of recovery.

All Users party to an off-platform dealing in breach of this clause, whether player, guardian, agent, agency, club or academy, are jointly and severally liable to LeanPlay for the full amount of the fee, interest and costs, and LeanPlay may pursue any one or more of them for the whole sum without first proceeding against the others.

LeanPlay may commence civil proceedings before a court of competent jurisdiction in the Netherlands to recover the fee, interest and costs, and may in addition seek declaratory relief, disclosure of the relevant contractual documentation, an account of profits and injunctive relief. This right is without prejudice to any referral of the conduct to FIFA, a confederation, a national association or any other competent authority.

For the purpose of establishing that a Platform Introduction occurred, and of proving the existence, scope and value of an off-platform dealing, LeanPlay may rely upon and adduce in evidence platform data generated in the ordinary course of operating the Services, including account and profile records, match and shortlist logs, profile view records, search and discovery logs, messages and contact requests, offer and contract workflow records, document access logs, device and connection metadata, and associated timestamps and interaction history. Users acknowledge that such records constitute admissible documentary evidence, agree not to dispute their authenticity save on the ground of demonstrable manipulation, and acknowledge that LeanPlay may retain them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims notwithstanding any request for erasure.

This clause survives termination of these Terms and remains enforceable for twenty-four (24) months following the date of the relevant Platform Introduction.

Acceptance of these Terms is a condition precedent to the creation of any account and to any access to the Services. During registration each prospective User is presented with these Terms and must record acceptance by selecting "Agree". Selection of "Agree" constitutes an electronic signature within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and evidences informed, unambiguous and binding acceptance of these Terms in their entirety, including the anti-circumvention and 8% recovery fee clause above.

Where a prospective User selects "Disagree", or does not record acceptance, the registration process is terminated, no account is created, and access to the Services is refused. No contractual relationship arises in those circumstances.

LeanPlay records the fact, version, date and time of each acceptance, together with the account identifier, and may produce that record as evidence of acceptance in any proceedings.

The platform, including its software, design system, trade marks, branding, verification methodology and documentation, is owned by LeanPlay or its licensors and protected by intellectual property law. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, LeanPlay grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to access and use the Services for their intended purpose.

You may not copy, decompile, reverse engineer, scrape, systematically extract, benchmark for competitive purposes, or create derivative works from the platform or its databases, except to the extent such restriction is prohibited by mandatory law, including Directive 2009/24/EC.

LeanPlay may suspend or terminate access, in whole or in part, with immediate effect where a User materially breaches these Terms, presents a safeguarding risk, submits fraudulent documentation, is subject to regulatory sanction, or where required by law or a competent authority. Where lawful and proportionate, notice and an opportunity to remedy will be given.

You may terminate at any time by closing your account. Termination does not affect accrued rights, and clauses which by their nature survive termination — including confidentiality, intellectual property, liability, indemnity and governing law — remain in force.

On termination, LeanPlay will delete or return personal data in accordance with the Privacy Policy and the retention periods stated therein, save where retention is required by law or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, for breach of mandatory consumer rights, or for any other liability which cannot lawfully be excluded.

Subject to the foregoing, LeanPlay shall not be liable for indirect or consequential loss, loss of profit, loss of opportunity, loss of a sporting or contractual chance, loss of goodwill, or the acts or omissions of any other User. LeanPlay's aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with the Services in any twelve (12) month period shall not exceed the greater of (i) the fees paid by you to LeanPlay in that period and (ii) EUR 500.

Consumers benefit from all mandatory protections of the law of their country of habitual residence, and nothing in this clause derogates from those protections.

Business Users shall indemnify and hold harmless LeanPlay, its officers, employees and contractors against all claims, proceedings, fines, losses and reasonable legal costs arising from that User's breach of these Terms, breach of applicable football or data protection regulation, or infringement of third-party rights. This clause does not apply to Users acting as consumers.

LeanPlay may modify the Services to reflect regulatory developments, security requirements or product improvements. Material amendments to these Terms will be notified by email or in-platform notice at least thirty (30) days before they take effect. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance; where you object, you may terminate without penalty and obtain a pro-rata refund of prepaid fees for the unused period.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Netherlands, excluding its conflict-of-law rules and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The courts of the Netherlands have exclusive jurisdiction, save that consumers may bring proceedings in, and may be sued only in, the courts of their country of habitual residence in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012.

Disputes between Users concerning representation, transfer or employment matters fall within the competence of the relevant football dispute-resolution bodies, including the FIFA Football Tribunal and, where applicable, the Court of Arbitration for Sport. LeanPlay is not a party to such proceedings but will respond to lawful requests for evidence.

If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, it shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary and the remainder shall continue in force. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. These Terms, together with the incorporated policies, constitute the entire agreement between the parties in respect of the Services. No third party may enforce these Terms except as expressly stated.

Contact for legal notices: legal@leanplayfootball.com. Notices are deemed received on the next business day following transmission.