US EditionBrazil's Botafogo Hit with FIFA Transfer Ban over Unpaid Almada Fee
Botafogo missed two $3 million payments for Thiago Almada, leading FIFA to enforce a three-window transfer ban starting December 31, 2025.
- On Dec. 31, 2025, FIFA posted a three-window transfer ban on Botafogo after it failed to pay Atlanta United FC a $21 million fee for Thiago Almada.
- After losing an appeal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport set a Dec. 26 deadline for Botafogo after it missed the first two $3,000,000 installments in 2024, prompting FIFA sanctions.
- Botafogo additionally owes about $9 million in incentives and a sell-on percentage after failing to pay Atlanta United a $21 million fee, with a transfer ban starting on Dec. 31, 2025.
- With the appeal denied, FIFA's registration ban now prevents Botafogo from signing new players for three windows, as CAS upheld FIFA's verdict after Botafogo sought more time in October.
- Almada's rapid club moves—17 games for Botafogo in 2024, then Lyon and Atlético Madrid in 2025—followed a reported Atleti fee between $20 million and $30 million.
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Brazil's Botafogo hit with FIFA transfer ban over unpaid Almada fee
Brazilian club Botafogo were hit with a three-window transfer ban by FIFA on Wednesday for a debt relating to the signing of Argentinian international Thiago Almada from MLS club Atlanta United.
FIFA punishes Botafogo for billionaire debt by Thiago Almada: three years of sanction for the Brazilian equipo This Wednesday came into effect the punishment imposed by FIFA to Botafogo after the claim of Atlanta United who still does not receive the entire pass of Thiago Almada. The Fogão would be unable to include new players in three pass markets. After the transfer that included the Argentine world champion, Thiago Almada, from the Atlanta U…
FIFA has imposed on Botafogo a penalty of three periods of signings without being able to make contracts for the case of the Argentine Thiago Almada, who now milita in the Atlético de Madrid, although the Brazilian club has assured that it is in talks with Atlanta United to solve the case. In a message published by [...] The FIFA article sanctions Botafogo for the case of Thiago Almada appeared first in: 88.9 News.
FIFA has imposed on the Brazilian Botafogo a penalty of three periods of signings without being able to make contracts for the case of the Argentine Thiago Almada, who is now active in the Atlético de Madrid, although the Brazilian club has assured that he is in talks with Atlanta United to solve the case.In a message published by the club of Rio de Janeiro, he reports that "in recent weeks, he has had constructive conversations with representat…
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