The Uruguayan businessman Juan Figer, one of the most important agents of soccer players and a pioneer of those businesses, died this December 31 at the age of 87 victim of a cardiac arrest, according to family sources.. Figer was responsible for some of the loudest transfers in football history, such as the one that brought Diego Armando Maradona from Barcelona to Naples in 1984, and Its base of operations was the city of Sao Paulo.
Among the many players he represented, the Uruguayans Pablo Forlán and Diego Lugano, and the Brazilians Dunga, Sócrates, Amoroso, Zé Roberto and Robinho are included.. He worked with dozens of clubs, especially in Europe, and according to him, The one he operated with the most was Real Madrid, to which he led notable footballers, such as the Brazilian Roberto Carlos.
His death was confirmed by his granddaughter Stephanie Figer, who on her social networks published a photo with her grandfather, precisely taken in Madrid, where the Uruguayan businessman had an office in a building near the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. “This is how I will always remember you. Traveling, eating in a good restaurant and talking about football “, wrote his granddaughter, who with other members of the family continues with the businesses in the field of soccer that the Figer Group develops.
