Peppino Tirri

Peppino Tirri
Peppino Tirri (left) with Samuel Eto'o (middle) in 2011
Born (1956-12-14) 14 December 1956
Licata, Italy
OccupationSports agent

Peppino Tirri (born 14 December 1956) is an Italian football agent registered with the Italian Football Federation.[1] Over the course of his career , he has been involved he has been involved in a number of high-profile player transfers and has represented several international footballers. Since 5 August 2012, he has served as the president of the Bulgarian football club POFC Botev Vratsa.

Early life and background

Tirri was born in Licata, Sicily. He played football at a professional level in Serie B before pursuing a career in sports management. He is the father of Luigi Tirri.[2]

Club administration

In 1992, Tirri became CEO of Licata Calcio, then playing in Serie C2, the fourth tier of Italian football.[3]

Career as a football agent

Tirri has been active in player representation and transfer negotiations since the 1990s.

Summary of major transfer deals

Date Player New club Previous club
2000 Enzo Maresca Juventus FC West Bromwich Albion [4]
2001 Gaizka Mendieta SS Lazio Valencia CF [5]
2002 Rivaldo A.C. Milan FC Barcelona [6][7]
2004 Esteban Cambiasso Inter Milan Real Madrid [8]
2004 Walter Samuel Real Madrid Roma [9]
2005 Walter Samuel Inter Milan Real Madrid [10]
2005 Cicinho Real Madrid São Paulo [11]
2005 Luís Figo Inter Milan Real Madrid [12]
2005 Santiago Solari Inter Milan Real Madrid [13]
2005 Thomas Gravesen Real Madrid Everton [14]
2006 Antonio Cassano Real Madrid Roma [15]
2009 Wesley Sneijder Inter Milan Real Madrid [16]
2011 Gabriel Resende Futebol Clube Juventus [17]
2011 Samuel Eto'o Inter Milan FC Anzhi Makhachkala [18]

Notable transfers and associations

Association with Florentino Perez

In 2004, Florentino Perez[19] was re-elected as president of Real Madrid. During his presidency, there were about a dozen transfers conducted by Tirri between the Spanish club and Italy, especially with Inter Milan.[20]

Samuel Eto'o

Peppino Tirri - Samuel Eto'o

During the summer of 2011, Tirri oversaw the transfer of Samuel Eto'o from Inter Milan to FC Anzhi Makhachkala. The deal was notable in Europe for its massive worth: a fee of €22 million and salary of €10 million a year for 3 years.[18] Mining billionaire Suleyman Abusaidovich Kerimov made the Cameroonian forward the highest-paid football player in the world ahead of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham.

Foreign Policy supports the hypothesis that this investment had a political purpose:

"According to Jonathan Wilson at The Guardian, the London newspaper, this is all about pleasing Vladimir Putin, who has long urged Russia's oligarchs to put their wealth into the country's struggling regions. The football club has a long history of supporting Putin".[21]

References

  1. ^ Peppino Tirri's registration details with FIFA. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  2. ^ Peppino e Luigi Tirri/Juventus. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  3. ^ "L'INIZIO DEL DECLINO - AMARCORD". forzalicata.forumfree.it. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  4. ^ Maresca-Tirri. 29 June 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  5. ^ Bronzetti and Tirri broker Mendieta deal. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  6. ^ Rivaldo joins Milan. 26 July 2002. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  7. ^ Rivaldo è del Milan Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. 28 July 2002. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  8. ^ Cambiasso'agent, Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  9. ^ Samuel/Inter. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  10. ^ Samuel/Inter. Retrieved September 7, 2011 .
  11. ^ Tirri-Cicinho Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 7, 2011 .
  12. ^ Inter/Figo. Retrieved September 7, 2011 .
  13. ^ Solari to Inter Milan. July 7, 2005 . Retrieved September 7, 2011 .
  14. ^ Gravesen- Real Madrid. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  15. ^ Solari to Inter Milan. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  16. ^ Tirri, Sneijder. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  17. ^ http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/juventus/?action=read&idnet=dHV0dG9qdXZlLmNvbS00OTY0OA. Gabriel-Juventus. April 25, 2011. Retrieved September 7, 2011 .
  18. ^ a b "Russian club close the deal to sign Samuel Eto'o". BBC Sport. 2011-08-21. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
  19. ^ Florentino Pérez. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  20. ^ Peppino Tirri, l'agente FIFA che funge da mediatore tra i giganti europei. September 19, 2005. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  21. ^ http://oilandglory.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/08/29/does_samuel_etoos_big_payday_mean_putin_is_returning_to_the_kremlin. August 29, 2011 . Retrieved September 7, 2011.
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