Proeleven S.A.
Iberian Football Career Architects
Portugal €117mm
Key Facts
Also known as: ProEleven; ProEleven Gestão Desportiva
Founded: 2001 (founded by Carlos Gonçalves)
Headquarters: Rua Marcos de Assunção 4, Escritórios 3.08–3.09, 2805-290 Pragal (Almada), Portugal — offices also in Vila do Conde & Porto
Players: ≈ 80 (28 in top-tier) • Total market value ≈ €117mm
FIFA/FA registration: Multiple FIFA-licensed agents on staff
Languages: Portuguese; English (multilingual staff)
Regions covered: Portugal, Spain, wider Europe (England, Germany, France, Netherlands, Poland, Cyprus), Middle East (Saudi Arabia), North America (MLS), emerging markets in Asia and Africa
Email: info@proeleven.pt
Phone: +351 939 597 194
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/proeleven_sa/
X: https://x.com/proeleven_sa
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProelevenGestDesportiva
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About
ProEleven S.A. is a Portuguese career-management agency founded in 2001 by FIFA agent Carlos Gonçalves and built around values of honour, seriousness and professionalism. Over more than two decades, the agency has brokered hundreds of transfers and renewals for both players and coaches across top European and international competitions.
Operating from Almada with satellite offices in Vila do Conde and Porto, ProEleven combines traditional relationship-based agency work with data-driven scouting partnerships and a franchising model that extends its reach into new territories.
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Key People
CEO/Founder – Carlos Gonçalves
Chairman, founder and owner of ProEleven; FIFA players’ agent since 2000, established the company in 2001.
Background in Economics; has overseen hundreds of deals on every continent for elite players and top-level coaches.
Managing Director / Head of Football – Vítor Gonçalves
Executive director and Chief Financial Officer; joined ProEleven in 2009 after being invited by his brother Carlos to help scale the business.
Economics graduate with a strong focus on deal structuring, financial planning and long-term client relations.
Chief Operating Officer – Vasco Casquilho
COO and partner, previously Sports Marketing Manager for Nike Portugal & Nike Europe, then General Manager at Havas Sports and GD Estoril Praia.
Leads day-to-day football operations, negotiations and the agency’s international networking and conference presence.
Licensed agents / sports managers (selection)
Gregory Arnolin – Account Manager
João Vilela – Account Manager
Carlos Coelho – Sports Manager
Miguel Aguiar – Sports Manager
Daniel Gonçalves – Sports Manager
Sérgio Organista – Sports Manager
Júnior Moreira – Sports Manager
António Casanova – Account Manager
Rodrigo Carvalho – Account Manager / Sports Manager
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Client Roster
Top players and talents (current):
Diogo Dalot (Manchester United) – 18 March 1999
Eduardo Quaresma (Sporting CP) – 2 March 2002
Tiago Tomás (VfB Stuttgart) – 16 June 2002
Ricardo Horta (SC Braga) – 15 September 1994
Moatasem Al-Musrati (Hellas Verona) – 6 February 1996
Aurélio Buta (Eintracht Frankfurt / loaned spells in top-5 leagues) – 10 February 1997
André Horta (UD Almería) – 7 November 1996
Leonardo Buta (SD Eibar) – 23 January 2002
Pedro Ferreira (CD Santa Clara) – 25 January 1998
Mithat Pala (Çaykur Rizespor) – 15 August 1999
Ji-soo Kim (1. FC Kaiserslautern, on loan from Brentford) – 24 December 2004
Gonçalo Oliveira (SL Benfica B) – 2004
João Moutinho (Lech Poznań – left-back) – 5 January 1998
Pedro Santos (FC Arouca) – 10 February 2000
Tomás Ribeiro (Cultural Leonesa) – 24 April 1999
João Carvalho (SC Braga B – goalkeeper) – 2003
Leonardo Barroso (Chicago Fire FC) – 14 July 2004
Ricardo Esgaio (Fatih Karagümrük) – 16 May 1993
Pedro Rebocho (Al-Khaleej FC) – 23 January 1995
Loreintz Rosier (Al-Hazem SC) – 14 August 1998
Diogo Fernandes (FC Porto B – goalkeeper) – 2004
Murilo (Gil Vicente FC) – 20 March 1995
Rafael Fernandes (LOSC Lille) – 16 June 2004
Charalampos Charalampous (Aris Limassol) – 7 June 2003
Tobias Figueiredo (Athletico Paranaense) – 2 February 1994
André Ricardo (PAOK B) – 23 August 2000
Rui Costa (SC Farense) – 20 February 1996
Ibrahima Camará (Radomiak Radom) – 25 January 1999
Jonathan Mutombo (Gil Vicente FC) – 27 August 2002
Patryk Paryzek (Pogoń Szczecin) – 3 February 2006
Notable former or non-playing clients
André Villas-Boas – long-term client as head coach at FC Porto, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Zenit and Shanghai SIPG
Marco Silva – represented during managerial moves including Sporting CP and Olympiacos
Coaches/Staff represented (selection):
Paulo Bento [Manager] • Silas [Head Coach, SC Farense] • Vasco Botelho da Costa [Head Coach, Moreirense] • Jorge Simão [Manager] • Rui Almeida [Manager] • Jorge Maciel [Assistant, Olympique Lyon] • Filipe Celikkaya [Assistant, Chicago Fire]
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Notable Deals
2025 — Tiago Tomás: VfL Wolfsburg → VfB Stuttgart; ~€13–15m; long-term to 2029
2024 — Al-Musrati: SC Braga → Beşiktaş; permanent deal; contract to 2027
2023 — Diogo Dalot: Manchester United contract extension to 2028 (+1)
2023 — Ricardo Horta: SC Braga contract extension to 2028
2025 — Leonardo Buta: Udinese → SD Eibar; season-long loan with option to buy (to 2026)
2024/25 — Pedro Ferreira: CD Santa Clara renewal running to 2028
2018 – Diogo Dalot – FC Porto to Manchester United (permanent)
Approx. £19m fee, five-year contract to 2023.2022 – David Carmo – SC Braga to FC Porto (permanent)
Record deal between Portuguese clubs at around €20m plus €2.5m add-ons, five-year contract to 2027.2024 – David Carmo – FC Porto to Nottingham Forest (permanent, loaned to Olympiacos)
2012 – André Villas-Boas – appointed Tottenham Hotspur head coach
Joined Spurs on a three-year contract following his Chelsea spell.2016 – André Villas-Boas – appointed Shanghai SIPG manager
High-profile move to the Chinese Super League with one of the largest managerial salaries at the time.2015 – Marco Silva – appointed Olympiacos manager
Two-year contract, winning the Greek Super League title with six games to spare.
Fees shown are indicative estimates (not official).
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Services
Contract negotiation (transfers/loans, renewals) & career strategy
Scouting/market placement across Europe, Middle East and MLS
Image/brand support and media relations (incl. in-house content team)
Legal/tax coordination and immigration/relocation support
Coach representation and staff placements
Partner Network
Recent activity links ProEleven with Manchester United, SC Braga, VfB Stuttgart, Beşiktaş, Eintracht Frankfurt, Sporting CP, Chicago Fire, SD Eibar, Al-Khaleej, among others.
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Track Record (last 3 seasons)
Total transfers completed: 30+ documented transfers and loans involving players and coaches since summer 2022.
Deals ≥ €10m: At least 3 – David Carmo to FC Porto, David Carmo to Nottingham Forest, Tiago Tomás to VfB Stuttgart.
Clients in top-5 leagues: Representation in the Premier League, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 via players such as Diogo Dalot, Tiago Tomás and Aurélio Buta.
National team clients: Portugal senior international Diogo Dalot, several Portugal U21 and youth internationals (Eduardo Quaresma, Tiago Tomás), Guinea international Ibrahima Camará and Poland youth international Patryk Paryzek.
Renewal/extension deals: Regular (e.g., Dalot 2023, Horta 2023)
Fees shown are indicative estimates (not official).
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Approach & Philosophy
ProEleven positions itself as a “career architect” rather than a pure transfer broker, focusing on long-term pathways where league level, playing time and coach fit matter as much as transfer fees. The agency invests heavily in scouting, video and data tools to benchmark players across leagues and support evidence-based recruitment discussions with clubs.
Negotiation-wise, the group aims for balanced agreements that protect both sporting and financial upside – carefully constructed clauses, sell-on percentages and clear performance bonuses. With a strong presence in Portugal’s talent pipeline and franchised outposts in other markets, ProEleven combines local knowledge with an international network of clubs, scouts and technical directors.
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Fees & Transparency
Typical market practice: player-side commissions ~3–5% of gross salary; club-side mandates negotiated within FIFA/NFAR frameworks; dual representation only with informed written consent. (Specific fee schedules are not publicly disclosed.)
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Compliance & Reputation
Regularly cited in European agent and intermediary directories as a leading Portuguese football management company.
Highlighted as a top agency “looking for players in Europe” in specialist scouting and agent-focused publications.
Partner of The Football Business Academy and technology providers such as Comparisonator and ScoutDecision, where it is showcased as a high-level professional client.
Media sentiment: Positive-to-neutral — established Portuguese agency with regular top-flight deals and renewals
