---
title: "Athlete Contracts"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/media-entertainment-and-sports-law-en/athlete-contracts-en"
field: "Media, Entertainment & Sports Law"
description: "Athlete contracts in Georgia: individual labour contract, mandatory health and life insurance, pension and injury protection. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-23"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Athlete Contracts

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/media-entertainment-and-sports-law-en/athlete-contracts-en

An athlete's contract in Georgia is not a standalone, autonomous agreement type: it is built on the norms of the Law on Sport that determine who may engage in professional sport, on what legal form employment in sport takes, and which social guarantees follow from this activity. On this page we explain what the law establishes about the status of citizen and foreign athletes, the individual labour contract, mandatory insurance, and the social-protection layer that every professional athlete carries.

## The Citizen's Right to Sporting Activity and the Foreign Athlete's Entry Route

Article 3 of the law sets the framework of state guarantees. A citizen of Georgia — an athlete, coach, referee or other sport worker — has the right to work in amateur and professional sport both in Georgia and abroad. The state also provides appropriate assistance and benefits to pensioners, orphans, needy families and persons with disabilities working in the field of sport, and it supports the development of different sports in rural areas, paying particular attention to highland regions. A citizen of another country or a stateless person pursues sporting activity in Georgia on the basis of a contract or agreement, in the manner established by legislation — which means that a foreign player's relationship with a club must likewise take a contractual form. The same article records that the use of sporting activity or sporting achievements for unlawful aims is inadmissible.

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### On what contract does an athlete work?

Persons employed in sport, as a rule, work on the basis of an individual labour contract.

### What condition must a professional's contract contain?

Conditions of health and life insurance, together with the conditions of activity and participation in competitions.

### Who may engage in professional sport?

Citizens of Georgia — in Georgia and abroad; foreign citizens and stateless persons — on the basis of a contract or agreement.

### How is professional activity in sport classified?

"Athlete" is a profession, and the activity, as a main source of income, is carried out under labour legislation.

### What is an injured athlete entitled to?

In the case of injury, occupational disease or disability — the rights provided by the legislation on social protection.