What is "co-ownership"

Co-ownership is a legal concept where there are only two co-owners share the legal ownership of a property.

For the concept of co-ownership in different legal codes, see:

• Concurrent estate for co-ownership in the common law system
• Co-ownership (football) for co-ownership in association football. ( in Italy)

Co-ownership is a system whereby two football clubs own the contract of a player jointly, although the player is only registered to play for one club. It is not a universal system, but is used in some countries, including Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

This type of deal differs from third-party ownership, in that in the latter, the player's contract is owned by a non-footballing entity, such as a management company.