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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 his tenure on
FIFA's Executive Committee, he and his former father-in-law
Joao Havelange took more than $41 million in bribes in connection with the award of World Cup marketing rights.
Life and career
Born in
Carlos Chagas
Carlos Justiniano Ribeiro Chagas, or Carlos Chagas (; July 9, 1879 – November 8, 1934), was a Brazilian sanitary physician, scientist, and bacteriologist who worked as a clinician and researcher. He discovered Chagas disease, also called ''A ...
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Ricardo Teixeira married Lúcia Havelange, the daughter of
João Havelange
Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid "João" de Havelange (, ; 8 May 1916 – 16 August 2016) was a Brazilian lawyer, businessman, athlete and centenarian who served as the seventh president of FIFA from 1974 to 1998. His tenure as president is the ...
. They divorced in 1997 after almost 30 years of marriage. His son, Ricardo Teixeira Havelange born in 1974 bears his mother's last name, opposing the Brazilian custom.
In 1989, Teixeira was first elected the president of CBF succeeding Octávio Pinto Guimarães
and defeating Nabi Abi Chedid, the president of
Federação Paulista de Futebol
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Tim Vickery has suggested that he would not have been elected "had he not at the time been the son-in-law of vastly influential former FIFA boss
Joao Havelange."
[''Brazil's temperamental fans'']
BBC, retrieved 23/11/2011 At the time of his resignation Teixeira was serving his sixth term as head of the CBF.
Angry that his television company had been rejected in a contest for domestic rights,
in 1993 Brazilian footballer
Pelé accused Teixeira of corruption, which led to an eight-year feud between Pelé and Havelange.
As a result, Havelange banned Pelé from the draw for the 1994 FIFA World Cup in Las Vegas. Criticisms that resulted from the banning of Pelé were perceived to have had a negative effect on Havelange's chances of re-election as FIFA President in 1994.
Corruption allegations
In 1994, after winning the
World Cup in the USA, the
Brazilian team returned home in a private flight. On arrival in Brazil, Teixeira refused to abide by the rules of Brazilian Customs, on the grounds that "a title of the Brazilian Team is worthy much more than the custom taxes"; later on, it was discovered that many players had brought boxes of undeclared items (particularly computers and electronic appliances, which were expensive in Brazil at the time), and that Teixeira himself had packed a full beer-making machine, that he used in a bar he opened a few months later. After a long dispute with Brazilian IRS, Teixeira paid the due taxes and fines.
In 2000, Teixeira faced a Probing Commission in
Brazilian Congress
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. He was charged of taking illegal advantage of contracts with Nike: the Brazil Team would satisfy Nike's interests, and Teixeira would rake the financial gains. Again, Teixeira had to pay taxes on the basis of non-declared revenues.
In November 2010
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Andrew Jennings (3 September 1943 – 8 January 2022) was a British investigative reporter. He was best known for his work investigating and writing about corruption in the IOC and FIFA.
Early life
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FIFA's Dirty Secrets
"FIFA's Dirty Secrets" is an episode of the BBC documentary series ''Panorama'' which was broadcast on 29 November 2010.
Overview
The half-hour programme saw investigative journalist Andrew Jennings look into allegations of corruption with FIFA ...
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