Marco Polo Del Nero

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Marco Polo Del Nero
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President of CBF
In office
April 12, 2015 – December 3, 2015
Preceded by José Maria Marin
Succeeded by Marcus Antônio Vicente
Personal details
Born (1941-02-22) February 22, 1941 (age 83)
São Paulo, Brazil
Nationality Brazilian
Ethnicity Italy

Marco Polo Del Nero (born 22 February 1941) is a Brazilian lawyer and sports administrator. He is the president of the Brazilian Football Confederation, a former member of CONMEBOL's executive committee and of the FIFA Executive Committee.[1]

He is a Brazilian of Italian origins (from Venice region).

Del Nero was elected president of the Federação Paulista de Futebol in 2003 and re-elected for another term in 2010. On 22 March 2012, he replaced Ricardo Teixeira on the FIFA Executive Committee.[2]

On 16 April 2014, Del Nero was elected to replace José Maria Marin as president of the Brazilian Football Confederation in 2015.[3] In May 2015, Del Nero suddenly left Zurich for Brazil, in the wake of the arrests of several FIFA executives. [4] Del Nero resigned as a member of FIFA's Executive Committee in November 2015.[5] In December 2015, Del Nero left the Brazilian Football Confederation presidency for a period of 180 days, which can be extended for 180 more days.[6]

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