Georgi Gradev

Georgi Gradev
Personal information
Date of birth	27 December 1975
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
Years	Team
	Levski Sofia

Georgi Gradev (Bulgarian: Георги Градев) (born 27 December 1975) is a former Bulgarian footballer who worked as a football agent between 2004 and 2009 and as a sports lawyer since 2006.

Biography

Gradev was born in Sofia, but grew up in Morocco, where his father was previously employed. He started his playing career with the youth team of Levski Sofia.[1]

He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh (USA) and Birkbeck, University of London (UK), where he studied international sports law and graduated with distinction. Gradev is a founding partner of SILA International Lawyers, a law firm specializing in sports law. He has participated in more than 600 sports cases from 2006 to 2023. From 2017 to 2022, he was a professor at the ISDE Madrid, where he gave lectures in the master's program for international sports law. Gradev is a member of the editorial board of the football law magazine Football Legal. He is a legal advisor for the Bulgarian footballer Dimitar Berbatov in his bid for the presidency of the Bulgarian Football Union, and he is a member of the FIDE-appointed Provisional Committee temporarily running the Bulgarian Chess Federation.

Gradev has represented many Bulgarian footballers,[2] while also often being critical of the Bulgarian Football Union's decisions.[3]

References

donbalon staff (15 April 2008). "20 ВЪПРОСА КЪМ… ГЕОРГИ ГРАДЕВ" (in Bulgarian). donbalon.eu. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
topsport editors (6 March 2015). ""Градев Спортс" пусна жалба срещу ЦСКА, повод е дължими 320 хил. евро към агент" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. Retrieved 24 April 2015. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
Nikolov, Krasen (22 July 2013). "Анархия във футбола, съдът отмени и правилника за трансферите на БФС" (in Bulgarian). mediapool.bg. Retrieved 1 May 2015.

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[donbalon66.bg-1] staff (15 April 2008). "20 ВЪПРОСА КЪМ… ГЕОРГИ ГРАДЕВ" (in Bulgarian). donbalon.eu. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2015.

[topsport6986.bg-2] topsport editors (6 March 2015). ""Градев Спортс" пусна жалба срещу ЦСКА, повод е дължими 320 хил. евро към агент" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. Retrieved 24 April 2015. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[mediapool7986.bg-3] Nikolov, Krasen (22 July 2013). "Анархия във футбола, съдът отмени и правилника за трансферите на БФС" (in Bulgarian). mediapool.bg. Retrieved 1 May 2015.