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Pinhas "Pini" Zahavi ((ヘブライ語:פנחס "פיני" זהבי); born 1955〔Jackson, Jamie. ("Profile: Pini Zahavi, football's first and only super-agent" ), The Observer, 26 November 2005. Retrieved 2007-07-12〕) is a football agent who has been involved in some of the most expensive and controversial transfer episodes of recent times. Zahavi developed his close connections with football in his native Israel into an unprecedented network of associations and friendships across the footballing world that brought him extraordinary success. His involvement in the change of ownership of Chelsea and Portsmouth gave him a reputation as an agent who could trade not only players but football clubs themselves.〔Hunter, Andy. ("'Mr Fix-it' trusted by top clubs' executives" ), The Independent 16 June 2007. Retrieved 2010-07-27.〕 His success has led to him being described as "football's first and only super agent"〔 and as "football's great svengali".〔Wilson, Jonathan. ("From journalist to sports Svengali" ), The Financial Times 16 June 2007. Retrieved 2010-07-27〕 Zahavi himself played down the complexities of the role, saying: "I just bring people together and I get paid my commission if a deal is struck".〔("Pini on the Prowl in West Ham Deal" ), The Evening Standard 5 September 2006. Retrieved 2010-07-29〕 He is licensed as a football agent from his offices in Tel Aviv through the Israel Football Association.〔("Pini Zahavi registration" ), FIFA. Accessed 2010-07-28〕 ==Early life and career in journalism== Pini Zahavi is the son of a shopkeeper who sold building materials to local tradesmen. He has two elder sisters and a brother who is a successful heart surgeon.〔 Ya'akov Shahar, owner of Maccabi Haifa, has been his friend since they were in school together as children.〔Bond, David. ("The Man Selling Rio" ), The Evening Standard 19 July 2002. Retrieved 2010-07-27〕 Zahavi grew up with a love of football, playing for the local team and coaching its youth side before his National Service in the army. He abandoned a university economics course after the first year and instead began a career as a football journalist.〔Bower, Tom. ("The go-between who oils wheels for Abramovich" ), The Daily Mail 13 September 2003. Retrieved 2010-07-27.〕 He worked for the Israeli newspapers Hadashot Hasport, Yedioth Ahronoth -where he expanded the paper's sports coverage- and Hadashot.〔 Journalism provided Zahavi with invaluable opportunities to develop extensive contacts within football. He described the helpfulness of the World Cup of 1974 in meeting people and building friendships. He was assiduous in cultivating these connections, organising friendly internationals in Israel, inviting players, including Graeme Souness and Kenny Dalglish, to holiday at his villa in Eilat,〔 and even taking Israeli oranges to Melwood, Liverpool's training ground, as a gift for players and staff.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pini Zahavi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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