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Nov
2025
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Termination for Non-Payment of Salary: CAS 2024/A/10778 and CAS 2024/A/10779


CAS 2024/A/10778 Sport Club Corinthians Paulista v. Matías Nicolás Rojas Romero; CAS 2024/A/10779 Matías Nicolás Rojas Romero v. Sport Club Corinthians Paulista
Date of the decision: 2025-09-23
Arbitrator(s): López Batet Jordi Martin Schimke Vitor Butruce

Repeated non-payment of salary constitutes a serious breach giving the player just cause to terminate the contract under Article 14 RSTP. A contractual clause allowing immediate termination after a grace period prevails over the general mechanism of the RSTP. An exclusion of mitigation is valid when freely agreed upon, and compensation for breach must reflect the full residual value of the contract, with interest accruing from the date of termination.

Facts and Procedure

On 1 July 2023, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista and Matías Nicolás Rojas Romero signed an employment contract valid until 30 June 2027, which provided for a fixed monthly remuneration of BRL 939,000, signing-on fees and performance-related bonuses. The parties also entered into a separate Term of Agreement...

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Topics
  • CAS
  • Player/Coach Contract
Related Regulation(s)
  • FIFA RSTP (incl. Interim Regulatory Framework) - Ed January 2025
Keywords
  • FIFA
  • Breach of contract
  • CAS proceedings
  • Compensation
  • Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
  • Just cause
  • Termination clause/agreement
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