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Hélio Viana
Hélio Viana de Freitas is a Brazilian businessman and CEO of World Sports Business and HBusiness Bank. He was one of the principal authors of Brazil's Pelé Law of 1998, which abolished the “pass” which tied professional players to clubs, made possible the creation of leagues, and defined the professionalization of soccer. The Pelé Law also established the Consumer Law in Sports, obliged the accountability of managers, and created funding for Olympic Games, Olympic and Paralympic sports. Viana also created the Indigenous Olympic Games and the Supportive Sport Program. He received a master's degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Viana was Vice President of the board of the Brazilian National Institute for the Development of Sports (INDESP - ''Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento do Desporto''), the precursor to today's Ministry of Sports, from 1995 to 1998. The President was Pelé, and other members included Carlos Arthur Nuzman, Hortência Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelé Law
Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé (), is a Brazilian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and labelled "the greatest" by FIFA, he was among the most successful and popular sports figures of the 20th century. In 1999, he was named Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee and was included in the Time (magazine), ''Time'' list of the Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century, 100 most important people of the 20th century. In 2000, Pelé was voted IFFHS World's Best Player#The World's Best Man Player of the Century (1901–2000), World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) and was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the Century. His 1,279 goals in 1,363 games, which includes friendlies, is recognised as a Guinness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
