Mino Raiola's net worth: how much money did he make as a soccer agent?

In the world of soccer, one of the most important characters but who does not receive the spotlight had been the soccer agentMino Raiola, known for representing stars like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba, Mario Balotelli or Erling Haland, and who died this Saturday, which leads us to investigate about his substantial net worth.

Raiola was born in Nocera Inferiore, Salerno, in southern Italy in 1967, but a year later his family moved to Haarlem, Holland. At university he enrolled in law school and played soccer for HFC Haarlem's youth team, although he left at 18 to become a youth team manager.

Later, he became a soccer agent, starting in that business at sports agent company Sports Promotions, being part of transfers of Dutch players to Italian Serie A teams such as Frank Rijkaard, Wim Jonk and Dennis Bergkamp.

Raiola, the agent of soccer stars

However, he decided to go independent and his first major transfer was that of Czech Pavel Nedvd from Sparta Prague to Lazio. The high-profile players represented by Raiola were more and more, from Ibrahimovic to Pogba, negotiating in 2016 Paul's transfer from Juventus to Manchester United for $140 million, with the agent receiving a $26.4 million commission.

Raiola has negotiated more than $847.7 million in contracts and usually charges a commission for each transfer of his represented players close to 10%, has millionaire properties in Europe and the United States and speaks seven languages: Italian, English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Dutch.

After he was hospitalized on Thursday, April 18, rumors circulated about Raiola's death, but the player's agent himself denied the press reports.

"Current health status for the ones wondering: pissed off second time in 4 months they kill me. Seem also able to ressuscitate," Raiola wrote on Twitter.

However, this Saturday morning Raiola's death was confirmed.