Marco Polo Del Nero Explained

Marco Polo Del Nero
Office:	President of CBF
Term Start:	12 April 2015
Term End:	3 December 2015
Predecessor:	José Maria Marin
Successor:	Marcus Vicente (interim)
Term Start2:	7 April 2016
Term End2:	15 December 2017
Successor2:	Antonio Nunes (interim)
Birth Date:	1941 2, df=yes
Birth Place:	São Paulo, Brazil

Marco Polo Del Nero (born 22 February 1941) is a Brazilian lawyer and sports administrator. He was the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (Portuguese: Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, CBF), a former member of CONMEBOL's executive committee and of the FIFA Executive Committee.^[1]

History

He is a Brazilian of Italian origins from Montazzoli, Abruzzo.

Del Nero was elected president of the Federação Paulista de Futebol in 2003 and re-elected for another term in 2010. On 22 March 2012, he replaced Ricardo Teixeira on the FIFA Executive Committee.^[2]

On 16 April 2014, Del Nero was elected to replace José Maria Marin as president of the Brazilian Football Confederation in 2015.^[3]

Involvement with FIFA Scandal

In May 2015, Del Nero suddenly left Zürich for Brazil, in the wake of the arrests of several FIFA executives.^[4] Del Nero resigned as a member of FIFA's Executive Committee in November 2015.^[5] In December 2015, after being indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice, Del Nero left the presidency, leaving Brazilian Federal Deputy Marcus Vicente as interim president.^{[6] [7]}

In April 2016, Del Nero returned as official president of the CBF.^[8]

On 15 December 2017, FIFA suspended Del Nero as the head of the Brazilian Football Confederation, as consequence of the FIFA corruption scandal. ^{[9] [10]}

Del Nero has not left Brazil since May 2015, not even to follow matches of the Brazil national football team, nor to attend official obligations at FIFA or Conmebol. The appointed reason is the eminence of being arrested, just like his predecessor, because of the FIFA corruption scandal. However, he does not comment on the matter. ^[11]

On 27 April 2018, FIFA handed a lifetime ban to Marco Polo Del Nero for taking bribes. He was also fined one million francs.^{[12] [13]}

See also

• 2015 FIFA corruption case

Notes and References

1. http://pt.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/bodies/members/people=253006.html Marco Polo Del Nero - Brasil
2. Web site: Marco Polo Del Nero substitui Ricardo Teixeira no Comitê Executivo da Fifa. UOL. 22 December 2014.
3. Web site: Marco Polo del Nero é eleito presidente da CBF. 16 April 2014.
4. News: Head of Brazilian federation flees Switzerland ahead of FIFA presidential vote . Martin . Rogers . USA Today . 28 May 2015 . 9 June 2021 .
5. Web site: Del Nero renuncia a cargo na Fifa; filho de Sarney assume.
6. Web site: Del Nero pede licença e dá lugar a ex-presidente da Federação Capixaba. Globo Esporte. 3 December 2015 . 3 December 2015. Portuguese.
7. Web site: Indiciado nos EUA, Del Nero pede licença da CBF e vice assume. Folha de S. Paulo. 22 May 2018. Portuguese.
8. Web site: Del Nero volta ao comando da CBF após Fifa enfraquecer. Folha de S. Paulo. 22 May 2018. Portuguese.
9. Web site: Football official Marco Polo Del Nero banned from all football activities for 90 days by independent Ethics Committee . https://web.archive.org/web/20171216071139/http://www.fifa.com/governance/news/y=2017/m=12/news=football-official-marco-polo-del-nero-banned-from-all-football-activit-2925033.html . dead . 16 December 2017 . . 2017-12-15 . 2017-12-18.
10. Web site: FIFA suspends Brazilian soccer president Marco Polo del Nero . . 2017-12-15 . 2017-12-18.
11. Web site: A lei do silêncio de Del Nero: confinado no Brasil por caso FIFA. pt. Del Nero's silence: locked in Brazil because of the Fifa case. 2015-10-23. 2017-11-17. El País.
12. News: Marco Polo del Nero: Fifa ban Brazilian FA president for life over taking bribes. BBC Sport. 28 April 2018.
13. Web site: 2018-04-27 . FIFA bans Brazil confederation chief for life . 2023-01-10 . ESPN.com . en.