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E-mail: info@colucci.eu

Personal Website: www.colucci.eu - www.erasmusandsport.eu

IEL website: www.ielaws.com

RDES website: www.rdes.it



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Michele Colucci, Ph.D., LL.M., D.E.S., Attorney-at-Law (Italy), admitted to practise before the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) , is an official of the European Commission in Brussels and an internationally recognised expert in international and European sports law.

He is a long-standing member of the Dispute Resolution Chamber of the FIFA Tribunal, where he has been adjudicating disputes for over 20 years and has decided more than 800 cases. He is also a member of the FIFPRO Dispute Committee and President of the Council of the Court of Arbitration of the European Handball Federation, where he has contributed to strengthening the Court’s independence, procedural integrity, and compliance with internationally recognised standards of due process in sports arbitration.

He has extensive experience in complex international disputes, particularly in matters relating to contractual stability, employment relations, and regulatory frameworks in professional sport.

He is the Editor of the International Encyclopaedia of Sports Law composed of more than 50 national monographs on Sports Law and he is also the Scientific Director of the Rivista di Diritto ed Economia dello Sport. He has extensively been teaching in international postgraduate programmes, including ISDE, FIFA, and MESGO.

He is particularly proud to have conceived and launched the idea of an Erasmus sports Programme before the European Parliament in November 2010 which eventually led to creation of the Erasmus + Sport programme of the European Commission.

He is also a leading expert in safeguarding in sport, having authored and coordinated major policy and research initiatives on the prevention of abuse, governance standards, and compliance mechanisms within sports organisations.

He is the Founder and Honorary President of the Italian Sports Lawyers Association and the founder of the Sports Law and Policy Centre.

He combines over two decades of adjudicatory experience with recognised academic and policy expertise and is widely regarded as an independent and reliable arbitrator in international sports disputes.


He wrote extensively in the field of Sports Law and he is editor of the following books :

INTERNATIONAL SPORTS LAW AND POLICY BULLETIN 2/2025



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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND TABLE

INTERNATIONAL SPORTS LAW AND POLICY BULLETIN 1/2025



ISBN 978-88-943373-8-9

August 2025, 456 pages

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INTERNATIONAL SPORTS LAW AND POLICY BULLETIN 1/2024



ISBN 978-88-943373-4-1

January 2024, 860 pages

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INTERNATIONAL SPORTS LAW AND POLICY BULLETIN 1/2022



ISBN 978-88-943373-2-7

September 2022, 404 pages

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TRANSFERS OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS
A practical approach to implementing FIFA rules


Michele Colucci and Ornella Desiree Bellia (eds.)

International Sports Law and Policy Bulletin 1/2020

ISBN 978-88-940689-9-3 (April 2020, 908 pages)

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This book is updated with the latest amendments to the FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players published in March 2020.



FOOTBALL COACH-RELATED DISPUTES
A Critical Analysis of the relevant CAS awards and FIFA Players' Status Committee decisions


By Josep F. Vandellos Alamilla

Michele Colucci (ed.)

International Sports Law and Policy Bulletin 1/2018

ISBN 978-88-940689-8-6 (March 2018)

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DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES IN FOOTBALL
AN INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS


Marc Cavaliero and Michele Colucci (eds.)

International Sports Law and Policy Bulletin 1/2017

ISBN 978-88-940689-7-9 (October 2017)

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THE FIFA REGULATIONS ON WORKING
WITH INTERMEDIARIES
IMPLEMENTATION AT NATIONAL LEVEL


II EDITION

Michele Colucci (ed.)

International Sports Law and Policy Bulletin 1/2016

ISBN 978-88-940689-6-2 (December 2016)

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THE FIFA REGULATIONS ON WORKING
WITH INTERMEDIARIES
IMPLEMENTATION AT NATIONAL LEVEL


Michele Colucci (ed.)

International Sports Law and Policy Bulletin 1/2015

ISBN 978-88-940689-3-1 (December 2015)

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REGULATING EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS
IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS


Michele Colucci and Frank Hendrickx (eds.)

International Sports Law and Policy Bulletin 1/2014

ISBN 978-88-905-114-8-6 (470 pages)

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INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE SPORTS JUSTICE

Michele Colucci and Karen L. Jones eds.

European Sports Law and Policy Bulletin 1/2013

ISBN 978-88-905-114-7-9 (698 pages)

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CONTRACTUAL STABILITY IN FOOTBALL

Michele Colucci ed.

European Sports Law and Policy Bulletin 1/2011

ISBN 978-88-905-114-4-8 (344 pages)

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THE BERNARD CASE
Sports and training compensation


Michele Colucci ed.

European Sports Law and Policy Bulletin 1/2010

ISBN 978-88-905-114-3-1 (234 pages)

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L'AGENTE SPORTIVO
Analisi giuridica e prospettive di riforma


a cura di Paolo Amato e Michele Colucci

ISBN 978-88-905-114-3-1, 2011

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VINCOLO SPORTIVO E INDENNITA' DI FORMAZIONE
I regolamenti federali alla luce della sentenza Bernard


a cura di Michele Colucci e Maria Jose' Vaccaro

ISBN 978-88-905114-0-0, 2010

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    Research areas


  • European Sports Law and Policy
  • International and Comparative Sports Law