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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Экономика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2329</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8986</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">48484</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2329-2025-33-4-803-823</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">NDERJS</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>INTERNATIONAL LABOR MARKET AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>МИРОВОЙ РЫНОК ТРУДА И МЕЖДУНАРОДНАЯ МИГРАЦИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Geo-­economics of professional sports: &#13;
migration aspect</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Геоэкономика профессионального спорта: &#13;
миграционный аспект</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3995-5042</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">8433-2760</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Matviyenka</surname><given-names>Aliaksandr I. </given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Матвиенко</surname><given-names>Александр Игоревич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D. in Economics, Head of the Department of economics and management of tourism industry</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат экономических наук, заведующий кафедрой экономики и управления туристической индустрией</p></bio><email>alexsandr.psu@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Belarusian State Economic University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Белорусский государственный экономический университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-02-22" publication-format="electronic"><day>22</day><month>02</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>33</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">BRICS+: THE CHANGING ROLE IN A MULTIPOLAR WORLD</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">БРИКС+: МЕНЯЮЩАЯСЯ РОЛЬ В УСЛОВИЯХ МНОГОПОЛЯРНОГО МИРА</issue-title><fpage>803</fpage><lpage>823</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-02-22"><day>22</day><month>02</month><year>2026</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-02-22"><day>22</day><month>02</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Matviyenka A.I.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Матвиенко А.И.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Matviyenka A.I.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Матвиенко А.И.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/48484">https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/48484</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>At the present stage of development of the professional sports industry, such a phenomenon as sports migration is becoming more relevant and significant. The purpose of the research is to study the state and trends of migration processes in the global sports market. The current migration trends in the professional sports industry are considered on the example of world football, which is in the greatest demand among the consumer audience of a sports product, which allowed us to get the most complete picture of the development of migration processes in the industry market. The conducted research is based on the analysis of statistical data on sports migration of the International Center for Sports Research (CIES), information from the German Transfermarkt website on transfer operations of professional athletes and the report of the International Football Federation on the development of the global transfer market. A comprehensive analysis of the migration flows of professional athletes was carried out in the context of six confederations of the International Football Federation, data on the main leagues of associations were taken for more objective analysis. Based on the author’s infographics, the features of the processes of world sports migration by countries in the context of continents (confederations) are illustrated, the key directions of external and internal emigration are noted, its structure and average value per association are determined, the level of presence of legionnaires in associations around the world is revealed. The directions of migration flows of professional athletes are studied through territorial analysis, and the impact of the global transfer market on the effectiveness of economic regulation of these processes is assessed. In conclusion, it is emphasized that the effectiveness of trends in the development of sports migration depends on a balanced approach to human resource management on the part of such key industry functionaries as confederations, associations, leagues and clubs.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>На современном этапе развития индустрии профессионального спорта становится все более актуальным и значимым такое явление, как спортивная миграция. Цель исследования — изучить состояние и тенденции развития миграционных процессов на мировом спортивном рынке. Текущие миграционные тенденции в индустрии профессионального спорта рассмотрены на примере мирового футбола, обладающего наибольшим спросом среди потребительской аудитории спортивного продукта, что позволило получить наиболее полное представление о развитии миграционных процессов на отраслевом рынке. Проведен анализ статистических данных по спортивной миграции Международного центра спортивных исследований (CIES), информации с немецкого сайта Transfermarkt по трансферным операциям профессиональных спортсменов и отчета Международной федерации футбола по развитию мирового трансферного рынка. Рассмотрены миграционные потоки профессиональных спортсменов в контексте шести конфедераций Международной федерации футбола. Использованы данные по главным лигам ассоциаций для более объективной аналитики. Составленная авторами инфографика проиллюстрировала особенности процессов мировой спортивной миграции по странам в разрезе континентов (конфедераций). Отмечены ключевые направления внешней и внутренней эмиграции, определена ее структура и среднее значение на ассоциацию, выявлен уровень присутствия легионеров в ассоциациях по миру. Изучены направления миграционных потоков профессиональных спортсменов посредством территориального анализа, оценено влияние мирового трансферного рынка на эффективность экономического регулирования данных процессов. В заключении подчеркнуто, что эффективность тенденций развития спортивной миграции зависит от сбалансированного подхода к управлению человеческими ресурсами со стороны таких ключевых функционеров индустрии, как конфедерации, ассоциации, лиги и клубы.</p></trans-abstract><funding-group/></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Allen, W.D. (2015). The demand for younger and older workers: Patterns from NFL Labor Markets. 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