Catalina Kim: The female football agent brokering multi-million pound deals

Catalina Kim, the founder and chief executive of leading sports agency C&P Sports, is one of the most influential women in football.

The 38-year-old has recently been in the headlines after she was allegedly subject to sexual harassment and “inappropriate texts” from Chelsea Football Club commercial director Damian Willoughby.

But GiveMeSport Women does not want Kim’s impressive career to be overshadowed by such reprehensible acts from her male peers, so we’ll instead be celebrating her brilliant achievements.

Kim was born in Seoul in South Korea, before moving to Italy to study. She then began a career in the fashion industry in Milan.

Next up was a job as a consultant for the South Korean Embassy in London, where she made a number of contacts in business and beyond.

After leaving the Embassy, Kim was approached by a previous business contact to help broker a deal with Manchester City Football Club.

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This led the way to Kim becoming the only female Asian football agent in Europe.

She set up her own sports agency, C&P Sports, which currently employs 28 people in London, Frankfurt and Seoul.

C&P Sports has brokered multi-million pound deals between Asian brands and European football clubs, and advises on commercial viability across the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga.

In an interview with We Are the City, Kim said she was proud to have brokered the deal between Kumho Tyres and Tottenham Hotspur.

She claimed the deal will become the longest-running partnership between a Korean corporation and Premier League side.

Kim was also reportedly instrumental in brokering a deal between Samsung and AC Milan, and helped Real Madrid set up