What is a football recruitment platform?
A football recruitment platform is a service that connects clubs that need players with the agents and players who can fill the position. Clubs say what they need, and agents and players respond. It is different from scouting software, which sells data and video for a club to search through itself.
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Recruitment platform or scouting tool?
| Recruitment platform | Scouting and data tools | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Puts a club's need in front of agents and players | Gives a club data and video to search |
| Who does the searching | The agents and players who answer | The club's own staff |
| Who it suits | Clubs with one or two people doing recruitment | Clubs with analysts and a data budget |
| Typical cost | Varies, from free to a yearly subscription | Usually a yearly licence, often per league or per seat |
The two work together. Data tools help a club judge a player. A recruitment platform helps the club hear about the player in the first place.
What to look for
- Can players apply themselves, or only through an agent?
- Does the club have to say the salary and contract length up front?
- Is the club's name kept private when it posts a need?
- Who checks the accounts and the player data, and where does the data come from?
- What does it cost, and who pays: the club, the agent or the player?
How FTBL Exchange works
FTBL Exchange is a free football recruitment platform. Clubs post requests with the position, the salary (net or gross) and the contract length. Agents propose the players they represent and players can apply themselves. The club sees every applicant against its request and picks who to contact. A person checks every account before it goes live.
Post the position. Agents propose the player.
Say what you need once: the position, the salary, the contract length and your rules. Your club is never named. Free, with no subscription.
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Questions people also ask
Is a recruitment platform the same as a scouting database?
No. A scouting database lets a club search players itself. A recruitment platform brings players to the club in answer to a stated need.
Is FTBL Exchange free?
Yes, for players, agents and clubs. There is no paid tier, no commission and no advertising.