Person FIFA ID Messages

COMET sends requests/messages to the FIFA Connect ID service initially to issue (or reuse) a FIFA ID for a newly registered person, and later to send updates on the registration status or personal data of persons already having a FIFA ID.

Registration Confirmation

When you confirm an official registration for a person aged at least 10, the system sends a request to FIFA Connect ID (as per FIFA rules and specifications). Based on the response that it gets back from FIFA Connect, COMET has to process the information received and proceed to the next step:

1. If a person does NOT have a FIFA ID and FIFA responds with a new FIFA ID (no duplicates detected), the system saves that value in the person's profile, and FIFA Connect shows the person as registered in your Association.

2. If a person does NOT have a FIFA ID (in Comet) and FIFA Connect responds with a probable duplicate (meaning, this person was already issued a FIFA ID previously), then the following occurs:

   1. If the confirmation was executed through COMET UI, on the Player Profile by an authorized administrator (Superuser, Player Administrator, International Administrator at Tenant level), the FIFA Merge Console is raised immediately, and the Administrator has multiple options on how to proceed.

   2. If the confirmation was executed in any other way, e.g., via API, or batch confirmation on the console, or by users without the above authorizations, the player is flagged and added to the FIFA Connect ID To Do list, while the registration is set to CONFIRMED anyway

3. If a person already has a FIFA ID assigned in COMET, the system sends an update message to FIFA regarding the latest confirmed registration, and the status of this player in this registration category (and discipline, if applicable) is set to active.

4. If the FIFA service is down and the system cannot receive a response, it still proceeds with confirming the registration in COMET and then flags this record, so that FIFA messages can be resent later.

FIFA Connect ID To Do List

This list is accessed from the Players menu in COMET. It contains all persons registered in the system, where the FIFA Connect ID Service identified a potential duplicate person in another association. By clicking on a specific person, COMET Administrators will access the FIFA Merge Console for this particular individual.

The column "Highest proximity score" is the probability estimated by the FIFA Connect ID service that this person is indeed a duplicate of a person in another Association's system, and that a new FIFA ID should not be issued, and should be reused instead.

FIFA Merge Console

The FIFA Merge Console is raised either:

• In the registration confirmation process, if executed by an authorized administrator, through COMET UI, on the Player Profile

• anytime, from the FIFA Connect ID To Do List

After comparing the data of the person profile in COMET with other potential duplicates found by the FIFA Connect ID service, the Administrator has multiple options.

In the event of raising the FIFA Merge Console from the FIFA Connect ID To Do List:

• New FIFA ID - Generate a new FIFA ID since none of the found potential duplicates are actual duplicates.

• Reuse FIFA ID - Use one of the existing FIFA IDs since the person is a duplicate of an existing person found by the FIFA Connect ID Service.

• Cancel - Exit without assigning a FIFA ID.

In the event of raising the FIFA Merge Console in the registration confirmation process, on the Player Profile, the following Options are available:

• New FIFA ID - Generate a new FIFA ID since none of the found potential duplicates are actual duplicates.

• Reuse FIFA ID - Use one of the existing FIFA IDs since the person is a duplicate of an existing person found by the FIFA Connect ID Service.

• Confirm without FIFA ID - Continue and confirm the registration without handling the FIFA ID conflict(s). The disputes can be handled later in the FIFA Connect ID To Do List.

• Cancel - Exit without assigning a FIFA ID and without confirming the registration; leave the registration status unchanged.

Registration Termination and Person Changes

When an official registration for a person with a FIFA ID is terminated in the COMET system, a message is sent to the FIFA Connect ID service, where the status of this player in this registration category (and discipline, if applicable) is set to inactive.

When basic personal data used to assign a FIFA ID (firstname, familyname, date of birth, gender) for a person with a FIFA ID is updated in the COMET system, this message is sent to the FIFA Connect ID service, where the details are updated accordingly.

FIFA Merge Console in MyCOMET

Following the migration of registration processes to MyCOMET, the FIFA Merge Console is also integrated there. It is raised automatically when an administrator attempts to approve or confirm a registration, and the FIFA Connect ID service returns potential duplicate persons.

This enables administrators to identify and resolve potential identity issues before approving a registration - for example, to prevent a player from falsely claiming no prior registrations to bypass the international transfer procedure and related fees.

Raised on Registration Approval or Confirmation

When an authorized administrator (Superuser, Player Administrator, or International Administrator at the Tenant level) approves or confirms a registration in MyCOMET, and FIFA Connect ID returns potential duplicates, the FIFA Merge Console is triggered. The following options are available:

• New FIFA ID – Generate a new FIFA ID when none of the potential duplicates are an actual match. The registration transition completes, and you return to the Registration Detail screen.

• Reuse FIFA ID – Select an existing FIFA ID from the list of potential duplicates. This proceeds to Step 2 of the deduplication process, where you can review and merge the person's data side by side before completing the registration transition.

• Confirm without FIFA ID – Complete the registration confirmation without resolving the FIFA ID conflict. The registration is set to Confirmed; the unresolved dispute is added to the FIFA ID Pending List for later resolution.

• Cancel – Exit the console without completing the registration transition. The registration status remains unchanged, and you return to the Registration Detail screen.

Raised on Person Data Changes

When an administrator edits the first name, family name, FIFA ID, or date of birth of a person aged 12 or older (min age is defined by the fifaConnectId.minAge parameter) who has at least one confirmed registration, MyCOMET sends an update to the FIFA Connect ID service. If the service identifies potential duplicates, the FIFA Merge Console is raised. The following options are available:

• Cancel – Exit without saving the data change.

• New FIFA ID – Save the data change and ignore the potential duplicates. The update is applied to the person's profile and sent to FIFA Connect ID without further deduplication.

• Reuse FIFA ID – Proceed to Step 2 of the deduplication process to review and merge the person's data alongside the selected duplicate.