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Jean-Marc Bosman

ジャン＝マルク・ボスマン　/　じゃん＝まるく・ぼすまん

Association football player from Belgium

October 3, 1964 (age 61)　・　Montegnée, Province of Liege, Belgium

Province of Liege
association football player

My Take

Bosman fascinates me because he's a footballer remembered less for goals than for a courtroom. When his contract expired in 1990 and a transfer fell through, he sued, and the 1995 ruling that bears his name let out-of-contract EU players move freely. I find it striking that a midfielder from Montegnée reshaped the economics of the entire sport, basically inventing the modern free transfer. His own career stalled in the process, which makes him a bittersweet figure to me, the man who won player freedom but paid for it personally. Few athletes leave a legacy you can cite in a legal brief.

Overview

Jean-Marc Bosman (French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁk bɔsman]; born 30 October 1964) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. His judicial challenge of the football transfer rules led to the Bosman ruling in 1995.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jean-Marc Bosman
Name (Japanese): ジャン＝マルク・ボスマン
Reading: じゃん＝まるく・ぼすまん
Born: October 3, 1964 (age 61)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Dragon
Origin: Montegnée, Province of Liege, Belgium
Blood type: Private
Height: 172 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3

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