On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice indicted nine Fifa officials for racketeering, conspiracy and corruption.
Here, we take a look at those named.
Jeffrey Webb (aged 50)
The highest profile of those arrested, Cayman Islander Webb is the current Fifa vice president and executive committee member, Concacaf president and Cayman Islands Football Association (Cifa) president. Webb was one of several Fifa officials to call for the publication of the Garcia Report into allegations of corruption surrounding Russia and Qatar’s bids for the 2018 and 2022 Fifa World Cups. He is also a member of Fifa’s Strategic, Finance, Organising World Cup and Emergency Committees.
Eduardo Li (56)
Current Fifa executive committee member-elect, he is the Concacaf executive committee member and Costa Rican soccer federation (Fedefut) president.
Julio Rocha (64)
Current FIFA development officer issued with the task of “working with Member Associations in identifying and implementing future projects within their respective regions”. Rocha is a former Central American Football Union (Uncaf) president and Nicaraguan soccer federation (Fenifut) president.
Costas Takkas (58)
One of the men charged by DoJ is a UK national. Ex-Cayman Islands FA boss Costas Takkas. Not a Graham Greene invention.
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Advisor to the Concacaf president Webb and is a former Cifa general secretary. The US Department of Justice lists his nationality as United Kingdom.
Eugenio Figueredo (83)
The Uruguayan is a current Fifa vice president and executive committee member. He is a former Conmebol president and was Uruguayan soccer federation (AUF) president from 1997 until 2006.
Rafael Esquivel (68)
#27M AHORA. Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos confirma detención de Rafael Esquivel #360ucv pic.twitter.com/NS20uYwCEG
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Current Conmebol executive committee member and Venezuelan soccer federation (FVF) president. He also sits on FIFA’s disciplinary committee.
Jose Maria Marin (83)
Current member of the Fifa organising committee for the Olympic football tournaments. Marin was Brazilian FA president from 2012 to 2015 and was a former striker for Sao Paulo. Marin caused controversy in 2012 when he was accused of pocketing a medal during a youth football tournament. Marin was caught on camera and described the incident as “a real joke”.
Jack Warner (72)
Not detained by Swiss authorities, Warner is a former Fifa vice president and executive committee member. In 2007 he described England as an “irritant”, but retracted a year later when the Three Lions agreed a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago and apologised. In 2006, after being instructed to investigate Warner by Fifa, Ernst & Young estimated that Warner’s family had made one million dollars from reselling 2006 World Cup tickets, subsequently a fine of around that figure was imposed on Warner and his family.
In 2013 the Concacaf Integrity Committee produced a report which accused Warner and his former cohort Chuck Blazer of mismanagement and massive fraud. It alleged that Warner concealed his ownership of the land on which Concacaf’s 25 million dollar Joao Havalange Center of Excellence was built, which made him the effective owner of the building. Warner said: “As far as I am aware it is baseless and malicious. I left Concacaf and turned my back on football two years ago. Since then I have had no interest in any football-related matter.”
Nicolas Leoz (86)
Another not detained by Swiss authorities, Paraguayan Leoz is a former sports journalist and was president of Conmebol from 1986 until 2013. In May 2011 the then head of the FA, Lord Triesman, accused Leoz of requesting an honorary knighthood in reward for supporting a World Cup bid for England. Email correspondence later revealed Leoz asked for the FA Cup to be named after him.
Also named were five corporate executives: Alejandro Burzaco (50), Aaron Davidson (44), Hugo (70) and Mariano Jinkis (40) and Jose Margulies (75).
Source: SNAPPA
