Contrato de trabalho de atleta profissional de futebol: uma análise acerca da natureza jurídica do direito de imagem

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to analyze the legal nature of the image rights of professional soccer players based on their employment contract, understanding the inclusion of image rights in the employment contract of professional soccer players and their salary or remunerative nature. This topic was chosen to deepen the content learned during the law course and its application in the real world, specifically observing an issue that is part of one of the largest sports practiced and disseminated in Brazil. To develop this work, qualitative research was used, searching, through digital and physical means, bibliographical materials on the topics covered, written by some recognized authors and others supported by institutions with recognition for validating the texts presented. Thus, it was found that the professional soccer player has, in addition to the employment contract, civil contracts that also govern his relationship with the employing club, differentiating his remuneration from his salary. With the development of the work, it was found that the employment relationship has undergone major evolutions throughout the history of humanity, as well as, the contract itself and the employment relationship of the professional football player have undergone many changes, being professionalized and duly governed by law, concluding that, previously, the image right of the professional football player had a salary nature, but was established as a civil contract on several occasions for the purpose of circumventing labor legislation, which ended with its definition as being of a remunerative nature.