Ednaldo Rodrigues
Ednaldo Rodrigues | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Rodrigues in 2023 | |
| 24th President of Brazilian Football Confederation | |
| Assumed office August 25, 2021 | |
| President of Federação Bahiana de Futebol | |
| In office 2001–2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 January 1954[1] Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil |
Ednaldo Rodrigues Gomes (born 27 January 1954) is a Brazilian accountant, politician and sports executive, who recently served as the 24th president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
Biography
[edit]Rodrigues obtained a degree in Accounting from Faculdade Visconde de Cairu in Salvador in 1991, while earning similar credentials in Financial Auditing at the same college, and administrative management by Fundação Getúlio Vargas.[2][failed verification] He was an amateur soccer player in the 70s and 80s. He was president of the Liga Conquistense de Desportes Terrestres.[citation needed] He was also director of the Interior Department of the Federação Bahiana de Futebol (FBF), from 1992 to 2000, he was elected president of the FBF and re-elected twice more, from 2001 to 2018, and vice president of the CBF from 2018 to 2021.[2][3]
He was interim president of the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol between 2021 and 2022.[3] On March 23, 2022, he was elected president of the CBF.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA Council". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
- ^ a b estadaoconteudo. "Conheça Ednaldo Rodrigues, presidente interino da CBF que busca 'limpar' o nome da entidade". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-20.
- ^ a b "Saiba quem é Ednaldo Rodrigues, dirigente escolhido para ser o novo presidente interino da CBF - Jornal O Sul" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
- ^ "Ednaldo Rodrigues é eleito o novo presidente da CBF". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-20.
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