Alberto Dualib (14 December 1919 – 13 July 2021) was a Brazilian businessman and football executive of Lebanese descent born to Lebanese Christian immigrants from

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. Alberto Dualib was Sport Club Corinthians Paulista's chairman between 1993 and 2007. He worked with: Nesi Curi, Clodomil Antonio Orsi, Wilson Bento, Aurélio de Paula, Osmar Stábile, Antonio Jorge, Rachid Junior, Emerson Piovezan, Farid Zablith Filho, Jorge Agle Kalil, Francisco Teocharis Papaiordanou Jr., Ílton José da Costa, Paulino Tritapepe Neto. As the club chairman, he made a contract with

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, controlled by

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, and with the

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n oligarch Boris Berezovsky as one of its investors. Renato Duprat was his right arm. With MSI's aid, Dualib contracted many stars for Corinthians, like:

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, Gustavo Nery, Carlos Alberto and others. He died on 13 July 2021 at the age of 101.

Titles

* FIFA Club World Cup *

Brazilian Série A Brazilian commonly refers to: * Something of, from or relating to Brazil * Brazilian Portuguese, the dialect of the Portuguese language used mostly in Brazil * Brazilians, the people (citizens) of Brazil, or of Brazilian descent Brazilian may als ...

Brazilian Cup The Copa do Brasil ( en, Brazil Cup) is a knockout football competition played by 92 teams, representing all 26 Brazilian states plus the Federal District. It is the Brazilian domestic cup and the Brazilian equivalent of the FA Cup, Taça de ...

* Trofeo Ramón de Carranza * Rio-São Paulo Tournament *

São Paulo State Championship The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the FPF, the league is contested between 16 clubs and ty ...

* Dallas Cup * Nike Cup *

Copa São Paulo de Juniores Copa or COPA may refer to: COPA COPA may refer to: * Computer Operator Programming Assistant. trade of ITI * Child Online Protection Act, a former U.S. law to protect minors from certain material on the internet * Canadian Owners and Pilots Ass ...

* Bandeirantes Cup

References

External links

Corinthians Corinthians News

Corinthians Official Site
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