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Basketball resume for overseas clubs and agents

What to put on a basketball resume, or a player CV, when the reader is an overseas club or an agent. One page. Real stats. Film links that open. This is for college, JUCO, D2, D3, and NAIA players, and for anyone sending a first pro basketball résumé abroad. It is not a college recruiting packet, and it is not a service that places you.

An overseas basketball résumé is not a US recruiting résumé

A college recruiting résumé is built for a coach who has to clear you as a student. It leads with GPA, test scores, a major, high-school awards, and a paragraph about character. That packet answers an eligibility question. An overseas club is not admitting you to a school. The club, or the agent who filters for the club, is deciding whether to watch your film and whether your passport fits a roster spot.

Use one document for both readers. Clubs in Europe often ask for a CV. Agents writing in English often ask for a résumé. Those are two names for the same one-page sheet. Do not keep a six-page American packet and a separate European CV that disagree. When the numbers disagree, the reader believes neither.

The job of the sheet is narrow. In the time it takes to scroll a phone, it should answer five things: what position you play, how tall you are, what passport you hold, where the film is, and whether the stats are from a real season. Everything else is optional. A page that cannot answer those five in the top half is a page that gets closed.

Keep it to one page

The agent guide asks for a one-page résumé PDF next to the reel and two full games. Stay on that one page. A second page is easy to skip, and it is where people hide the season that does not flatter them. If you already have several pro seasons, a second page may be a season-by-season log and nothing else. The first page still has to make sense if page two is never opened. That exception is our practical note. It is not a second standard.

Export a PDF. A Word file reflows on a phone and breaks the columns you spent an hour on. Set the page to letter or A4. Use a type size a coach can read without pinching, in a plain font. Name the file with your last name, then resume: Surname-resume.pdf. Put the month and year you exported it in the footer, in small type. A sheet that still says you graduate next spring, two years later, tells the reader the links may be dead too.

Skip the designed poster. Skill bars, gold trophies, and a full-bleed action photo push the stats below the fold. The reader is not hiring a graphic designer. If you want a small headshot, keep it small and current. The picture they trust is the film.

What the page contains, from the top

Build the PDF in this order. A coach who only reads the top third should still know whether to open the film.

1. Name and role. The name on your passport, then the name you play under if it differs. Position in words (point guard, wing, big), not a string of numbers. Jersey number in the film, so they can find you in a full game.
2. Measurables. Height in feet and inches and in centimetres. Say whether the height was without shoes. Weight only if you have a current number, in pounds and kilograms. Wingspan only if someone actually measured it, with a word on who measured it.
3. Passport and availability. The passport or passports you hold today, in plain words. The month and year you can arrive. The city and country you are in now.
4. Contact. One phone number with a country code, and one email you check. If you answer that phone on WhatsApp, say so. If you do not, leave WhatsApp off.
5. Film. The reel and the full games, as full web addresses, each labelled with the opponent and the date.
6. Stats. The last two seasons, with games played and the competition named on the row.
7. History. School and club lines, newest first, one line each.
8. Agent. The person's name, or the word Unrepresented.

A coach reference is optional, and it sits at the bottom: one coach, their role, and a phone or email they agreed you could list. Tell them a club may call.

Contact: one number, one email, no street

Put a phone number with the country code. A US number is +1. Clubs and agents abroad will not guess the prefix, and a number that fails once is often not tried twice. Use an email you will still open after a school account closes. If the school address is the one you check, write the month it dies.

One of each is enough. Three emails and two managers make it look like nobody is actually watching the inbox. Parents can help you. A parent's number as the only contact tells a pro club they cannot reach the player. You are the person who would get on the plane.

City and country are useful because flights and timing depend on them. A home street address is not. The PDF gets forwarded. A street, a passport number, a national ID, or a scan of the passport page does not belong on it. When a real club is licensing you, they will ask for the passport through their own process. The same caution about sending passport scans to a stranger sits on the visa guide. The résumé is not that process.

Date of birth is a fact the federation needs later, on a transfer file, not a fact every agent on a list needs today. Age or birth year is enough on the sheet. Send the full date when a club asks.

Measurables they can check against the film

Write height both ways, and check the centimetres yourself. A reader who converts 6'5" on the fly, and a reader who thinks 6.5 means something else, will file you in two different positions. The number next to the words removes the argument. Say "without shoes" if that is how you were measured. Do not round up an inch because a camp once did.

Wingspan is where résumés get fictional. If a school combine or a labelled session measured it, you may include it and name that session. If you have only a guess, leave the line off. "About" is how a later measurement makes the whole page look dishonest. Weight works the same way: a current figure, or nothing. An old camp card from two years ago is not current.

Position is the spot you defend and the spot you finish games at. One honest sentence beats a slash of every number from one to five. A combo guard can say "point guard who also plays off the ball." A big who only posts up should not write "stretch five" because a résumé template had the phrase. The film will test the sentence in the first minute. Match the sentence to the clips, which is the same standard the highlight-reel guide uses for what the cut shows.

College and pro history, newest first

Each line is a season, not a story. Season years, school or club, the conference or the league and the country, and the role in a few words: starter, rotation, or end of bench. Use the role the minutes support. Eight minutes a night is not a starting job because you started one game in November.

List a transfer. List a redshirt or a season you did not play, in one honest phrase. A missing year reads as a gap the reader has to investigate, and some of them will not bother. If you have pro experience, the club, the league, the country, and the season go on their own lines above the college lines. A release can stay off the sheet. The season you actually played should not. Public rosters exist. Hiding a club that appears on one is a faster way to lose the reader than a short stint is.

High school sits under college, or it sits off the page. A résumé that leads with high-school awards and buries a college season is the recruiting packet again. If the college sample is only a handful of games, you may add one older line, with the year on it. Do not let that line outrank the newest season.

Amateur summer circuits, exposure weekends, and pre-draft camps are not pro seasons. If you mention one, label it as that event and the year. Do not give it a heading that says Pro. The tryouts guide is where a camp fits, and where it does not.

Stats, with the competition on the same line

Use the last two seasons you can point at. If those seasons are pro seasons, use those. If they are college, use college. Each row shows the season, the team, the level, games played, and the counting stats that match the role.

• Everyone: games played, and minutes per game if the site publishes minutes. Points, rebounds, and assists. A per-game number with no games played hides a four-game sample.
• Guards: assists and turnovers if you have them, steals, and three-point makes or percentage with the attempts beside the percentage.
• Wings: the shooting line you actually live on, plus rebounds. A percentage with no attempts is an advertisement.
• Bigs: rebounds, blocks, field-goal percentage if you finish inside, and fouls if the role is rim protection. A big who only quotes points has edited the résumé the same way a bad reel edits the game. That point is already on the highlight-reel guide. The sheet should not undo it.

Write the level in words: NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III, NAIA, junior college, and the conference, or the pro league and the country. "College" is not a level. "Pro" is not a league.

If the school or the league publishes a stats page, link it under the table and quote the line the page shows. Do not round a 7.4 into an 8. Do not combine two seasons into one number that looks smoother than either year. Show both rows. If the site does not publish a log, write that, in one clause, instead of inventing a source.

A bare percentage is the most common overclaim. Fifty percent from three on ten attempts is a different fact from fifty percent on two hundred. Put the attempts in the row. If you do not know the attempts, do not print the percentage.

Film links on the sheet, not "available on request"

The résumé does not contain the film. It points at the film. The highlight-reel guide already sets the package: a short reel in the range that guide uses, plus full unedited games, hosted so they play in a browser with no account. This page does not publish a new runtime. Use those links.

Put two or three addresses on the sheet, each on its own line, in text a person can read:

• The reel, with the season it was cut from.
• Full game one, with the opponent and the date.
• Full game two, when you have it. The agent guide asks for two. A club email can start with one, which is what the first-contract guide describes. If you have two, put both on the sheet.

Type the address out. A button that says Watch, with no visible URL, dies when someone prints the PDF or when the file is forwarded and the styling strips. A short link you do not control dies when that service expires, and the résumé still looks finished. Open every address in a private window before you send it. Update the PDF the same day a link changes. Sending last month's file with a dead reel is the same as sending no film.

Do not attach the full game to the email. The highlight-reel guide already says a large attachment is how the note gets stuck. The résumé is a small PDF or a link to that PDF. The film stays on the links.

The agent line and the passport line

These two lines change how the rest of the page is read. Get them right.

Passport. Write what you hold today. "US passport" is a complete answer if that is the truth. Naming a second passport you do not hold, or one a parent might someday pass down, is a false import claim. If you are checking a parent's or a grandparent's nationality, say you are checking, and wait to print it. A second passport can change whether you count as an import. That sits on the agent guide and in the import rules on the first-contract guide. The claim belongs on the sheet only after the passport does.

Agent. If someone represents you, write their name as it appears in FIBA's directory, and write that they are FIBA-licensed only after you have checked. Copying a license number from an email signature is not the check. The directory is the check. The agent directory on this site is a place to find people who work your level. It is not a list of names to borrow.

If you have no agent, write Unrepresented. It is clearer than a blank. "In talks with" an agency is not a relationship, and it does not belong on the line. An agency logo with no person is hard to verify. Name the person or leave the line as Unrepresented.

The reason to be strict is practical. When an agent is involved in an international transfer, the letter-of-clearance guide explains that the agent's name and FIBA license number go on the federation's request, and that FIBA may refuse the letter if that agent is not licensed. A résumé that names the wrong person creates that problem early. It also tells every later reader that the sheet is careless.

Availability. Write a month and a year. "Immediately" is only honest if you can travel this week. If your season ends in March, write the month you can leave. If a playing contract still has time on it, write that, including the end date you can document. Do not write free agent over a contract that is still in force. What a release has to say is the contract checklist. A contract that runs past the move can also block the letter of clearance. The sheet should not pretend that paper does not exist.

Language is a single honest line if it matters: "Spanish: conversational," or nothing. Fluent, when you are not, fails in the first locker room. Do not list a language because a country guide made it sound useful.

What clubs and agents skim first

This order is our reading of how the agent guide and the first-contract guide describe the email. It is not a survey of clubs. Treat it as the order to design for.

1. The top block. Position, height, passport, last team, and the level. If any of those are missing, the reader has to hunt, and most will not.
2. A film link that opens. They click one. If it asks for a login, or it 404s, the sheet is finished.
3. Games played, and the stat that matches the role. They are looking for a season, not a highlight number.
4. The agent name, if you printed one. A name they cannot find is a reason to stop, not a reason to be impressed.
5. The month you can arrive. A sheet with no date is a sheet they cannot plan around. Rosters are built on calendars. The season pattern is on the play-overseas guide.

They do not skim your objective paragraph, your camp badges, or a list of AAU teams from age fourteen. Those lines spend the space the five items above needed.

What to leave off

• The objective. "Seeking a challenging opportunity to utilize my skill set" says nothing a stat line does not say better. Delete it.
• Schoolwork. GPA, dean's list, major, and test scores answer a recruiting office. They do not answer a club. Leave them off unless a specific program asked, in writing, for one of them.
• Adjectives and skill bars. Athletic, coachable, winner, high basketball IQ. The film is the evidence. A bar that rates your defense at 9 out of 10 is a drawing.
• Follower counts and social proof. A link to a public film or stats page is fine. A follower count is not a credential, and a comments section is not a scouting report.
• Salary. Do not print a demand, a range, or a guess. Published ranges, where this site has a source, live on first-year salaries. The moment money is negotiated is the offer, which is the contract checklist. A number you typed on a PDF is not either of those.
• A visa you do not have. "Work visa ready" is a claim. If a club has not filed and a government has not issued it, you are not ready. The sequence after an offer is the visa guide.
• Medical detail. "Cleared to play" is enough if it is true. A diagnosis, a surgery note, or an injury timeline does not belong on a file that will be forwarded. If you are not cleared, do not write that you are.
• Other people's honors, and a camp sold as a contract. A weekend that promised a guaranteed deal is not a club and not a season. The warning signs are on is this camp legit?
• Anyone you have not asked. A reference, an agent, or a coach quote you did not clear. Surprise is not a strategy.

Common mistakes

These are the errors that make an otherwise honest player look sloppy. They are our list, from the gaps the film guide and the agent guide already warn about. They are not a ranked study.

• The stats do not match the school page. You remember a better month than the season. Quote the page. If you disagree with the page, do not "correct" it on the résumé. Ask the school.
• The film link needs an account. Hudl, a private Drive file, or a page that wants a password will not be opened by a coach abroad. The highlight-reel guide already says unlisted is fine and private is a dead end.
• Height is in one system only, or it is rounded. Write both, and do not add an inch. Check the centimetre figure before you trust a converter you used once.
• "Film on request." They will not request it. The link is the request.
• A recruiting packet with the logo swapped. If the second heading is still Academic honors, you have not made an overseas résumé. You have relabelled the other document.
• Every team since you were fourteen. The reader needs the last level. A long amateur list pushes that level down.
• An old availability date. "Available June 2024" on a file you are sending now says you did not read it either.
• Two versions. One PDF for agents and a different PDF for clubs, with different averages. Keep one file. Update it when the facts change, and send the new link.

Red flags

Some sheets are not merely thin. They are claims a club should not trust, and claims you should not sign your name to.

• Stats that are not on a public log and do not match any season you played. Invented points, a "pro average" from a pickup run, or a camp stat line dressed up as a league. If you cannot point at the competition, do not print the number.
• Broken film links, on purpose or by neglect. A link that 404s, a link that asks for a login, or a reel of someone else's jersey. Open the file yourself, in a private window, the day you send it.
• An agent claim that is not true. Naming an agent who does not represent you, naming a person who is not in FIBA's directory, or writing FIBA-licensed because a website said so. Check the license before the name goes on the page. Anyone who charges you to be named, or who sells a résumé as a guaranteed contract, is the upfront-fee problem. The cap, once a real contract exists, is explained in agent fees. It is not a fee to design this PDF.
• A placement service in the header instead of you. Your name is the title. A third party's invoice language, a wire instruction, or a "processing fee" does not belong on a player CV. You can send the sheet yourself to a starter-league club or to an agent you checked.
• Measurables you never took. A wingspan, a weight, or a vertical from a template. Leave the line blank.
• Passport number, ID number, or a scan, sitting in the contact block. That is not thorough. That is a document you can no longer control.

A short checklist before you send

1. The file is one PDF page, dated this month, named with your last name.
2. Position, height in both units, passport, and the month you can arrive are in the top third.
3. One phone number with a country code, and one email you actually read. No street address and no passport number.
4. The last two seasons show games played, the level, and a link to the public stats page when one exists.
5. The reel and the full games are visible addresses. You opened each one in a private window today.
6. The agent line is either a name you checked on FIBA's directory, or the word Unrepresented.
7. Nothing on the page is a salary demand, a visa you do not hold, or a contract status you cannot document.
8. You are sending the link with the film, to a reader the agent guide or the first-contract guide already describes. You are not paying a stranger to "submit" the CV.

We cannot watch your film for a club, and we cannot tell you that a sheet will be answered. Silence is common, including out of D3, NAIA, and JUCO. A clean page gets you read. It is not an offer. The free Pro Pathway Starter Kit is the short PDF (chapters 1–2, the league hierarchy, and the agent directory). The full walk-through is the Playbook.

FAQ

What should a basketball resume for overseas include?

One page: your name, the position you actually play, height in feet and inches and in centimetres, the passport or passports you hold today, a phone number with a country code, and an email you answer. Then the last seasons of real competition, with games played and the league or school level named on the same line as the numbers, plus links to a short highlight reel and full games that open with no login. Add an agent only if that person represents you and you have checked the name. Leave off a college-recruiting packet: GPA, test scores, an objective paragraph, and a home street address.

How long should a basketball CV for agents be?

One page. The agent guide on this site already asks for a one-page résumé PDF alongside the highlight reel and two full games. Europe often calls that same sheet a CV. It is still one page. If you have several pro seasons, a second page may be a season log only, and the first page still has to stand alone, because many readers never open page two. This length is editorial practice on this site. The FIBA articles this site cites do not set a résumé length.

How do I make a basketball resume for overseas clubs?

Build a one-page PDF, not a slideshow and not a college recruiting résumé. Put contact, measurables, passport, availability, film links, and the last two seasons at the top. List schools and clubs in reverse order, with the division or league written out. Paste the film addresses as text a coach can read if the styling breaks. Open every link in a private browser window before you send the file. Name it with your last name and the word resume. Send the link. Do not attach a full game to the email.

What stats belong on a player resume for pro basketball overseas?

The last two seasons you can point at, from the school or the league that played them. Each row needs the season, the team, the level (division, conference, or pro league), games played, and the line that matches the job: points, rebounds, assists, and the extra number for the role, such as threes, steals, or blocks. Minutes, if the site publishes them, show whether you played or whether you appeared. Put shot attempts next to a percentage. Link the public stats page and quote it. Do not merge two seasons into one flattering number, and do not label a summer run or a camp as a pro season.

Should I put my agent on a basketball CV?

Only if that agent represents you. Write the name as it appears in FIBA's public directory, and write FIBA-licensed only after you have checked it there. If you have no agent, write Unrepresented. "In talks" is not representation. A blank line lets someone else attach a name later. On an international transfer, the letter-of-clearance guide explains that an agent's name and FIBA license number go on the federation's request when an agent is involved. A name on your résumé that is not your agent is a false claim before that form exists.

What should I leave off a basketball resume for overseas clubs?

A street address, a passport number, a parent's phone as the only contact, GPA and test scores, an objective statement, skill bars, follower counts, salary demands, and any measurables you did not actually measure. Leave off high-school stats sitting above a college career, camp clips described as a contract, and the phrase "film available on request." Leave off a visa status you have not been granted and the word "available" if you are still under contract. Clubs that want a date of birth or a passport scan will ask once there is a real offer. Those facts do not belong on a PDF you send to a list.

Is a basketball CV the same as a highlight reel?

No. The résumé is the one-page sheet. The reel and the full games are the film it points to. Agents and clubs open the sheet to see whether the links, the level, and the passport are worth a click, then they watch. A résumé with no working film link is a list of claims. A reel with no sheet makes them hunt for your height, your number, and your email. Send both. How to cut the film is the highlight-reel guide. This page does not set a new runtime.