José Maria Marin (born 6 May 1932) is a Brazilian

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and former

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who was the President of the

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( pt, Confederação Brasileira de Futebol, ''CBF'') from March 2012 until April 2015. He had previously served as vice-governor and governor of

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and is a former

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player. Marin was arrested as part of the

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and was subsequently jailed for four years.

Early life and football career

Marin was born in

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. His father was from Galicia,

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, and helped to popularize

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in Brazil. He was part of the

squad between 1950, and 1952 where as a striker he scored five goals in the 20 games he played.

Political career

José Maria Marin was city councilor in 1960, state deputy in 1970, and from 1979 to 1982 he was vice-governor of São Paulo. He was

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from 14 May 1982 to 15 March 1983 as a replacement for

Paulo Maluf Paulo Salim Maluf (; born 3 September 1931) is a Brazilian politician with a career spanning over four decades and many functions, including those of State Governor of São Paulo, Mayor of the City of São Paulo, Congressman and Presidential cand ...

. Marin joined the Brazilian Labor Party in 2007.

Brazilian Football Confederation

José Maria Marin was president of the

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from 1982 to 1988. He was vice-president of the

, representing the Southeastern Region, from 2008 to 2012. Due to health issues,

Ricardo Teixeira Ricardo Terra Teixeira (; born June 20, 1947) is the former president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). He was in the office from January 16, 1989 to March 12, 2012. In July 2012 a Swiss prosecutor's report revealed that, during hi ...

withdrew from his position as president of the

, whereupon Marin was appointed as caretaker president of the confederation on 8 March 2012. After Teixeira resigned on 12 March 2012, Marin was appointed as the new president of the

and of the

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committee.

Controversies

On 25 January 2012, when Marin was vice president of CBF, during the medal ceremony of the

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, won by

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, at

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, he surreptitiously put in his pocket one of the gold medals that he was supposed to hand over Corinthians players, as a result of which, goalkeeper Matheus Caldeira was left without a medal. This act was broadcast live by

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. The incident caused an uproar and was much talked about in social networks. Two months later, when he became president of CBF, Marin called the episode "a real joke". On 2 April 2013, the son of murdered Brazilian journalist

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petitioned for Marin's removal from the CBF and FIFA because of the speeches Marin delivered while a congressional representative in 1975 that praised Sérgio Fleury, who was head of the Department of Political and Social Order (Departamento de Ordem Politica e Social) during Brazil's military dictatorship, and for criticizing Herzog in speeches. Fleury has been accused of involvement in torture. Herzog's 1975 death certificate was officially changed by court order from suicide to murder by torture in March 2013 after 37 years. On 27 May 2015, Marin was arrested for corruption charges in connection with the

. The indictment under which Marin was arrested names 14 people on charges including

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, and

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conspiracy. In addition to senior soccer officials, the indictment also named sports-marketing executives from the United States and South America who are accused of paying more than $150 million in bribes and kickbacks in exchange for media deals associated with major soccer tournaments. Other soccer officials charged are

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, Jeffrey Webb,

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, Jack Warner, Julio Rocha,

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and

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. Marin was subsequently banned by the

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. In August 2018, Marin was sentenced to prison for four years. He was also fined $1.2 m and ordered to forfeit $3.34 m. On 30 March 2020, it was decided that Marin would be released early with the judge citing his: "advanced age, significantly deteriorating health, elevated risk of dire health consequences due to the current COVID-19 outbreak, status as a non-violent offender, and service of 80% of his original sentence".

In popular culture

Chilean actor

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portrayed Marin in the 2020

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original series '' El Presidente''.

References

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