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CAS 2017/A/5011 Eskisehirspor Kulübü v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Sebastian Andres Pinto Perurena (Court of Arbitration for Sport)

Why it matters

Eskisehirspor Kulübü v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Sebastian Andres Pinto Perurena, a contractual dispute in football decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, the final tribunal of world sport. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. For a student, it is a worked example of how CAS enforces contracts in sport, between clubs, players, agents or federations, applying the relevant regulations and Swiss law.

Summary

Eskisehirspor Kulübü v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Sebastian Andres Pinto Perurena: a contractual dispute in football before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, decided 10/07/2017. The Court held that the appeal was dismissed. The full award is available from CAS.

The detail

Parties: Eskisehirspor Kulübü v. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Sebastian Andres Pinto Perurena

Case number: CAS 2017/A/5011

Outcome: Dismissed

Applicable law: The relevant federation regulations; Swiss law; the CAS Code.

Issues in play: a contractual dispute

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