Top agent Mino Raiola dies aged 54 leaving world of football in shock
dailystar.co.ukBorussia Dortmund star Erling Haaland, Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba and Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Yet he came from humble beginnings.Although he won fame and fortune through the beautiful game, he started out working in his parents' pizza restaurant in Haarlem before founding Intermezzo, exploring opportunities for Dutch companies in Italy, at 17.
Raiola claimed to have been a self-made millionaire when he was a teenager.In the modern era, Raiola was known across the world for his role as a football agent to the stars.
He began life in the football business during a boom time for Dutch talent and Serie A - then the world's most famous league.Raiola's aptitude for languages - he could speak Italian, Dutch, French, English, German, Spanish and Portuguese - alerted him to the attention of Rob Jansen, Holland's most famous agent who need an interpreter for Dennis Bergkamp's move to Inter Milan.The Italian soon got a job working for Jansen's company Sport-Promotion, but he left not long after to go it alone.
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