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January 3 – The Confederation of Brazilian Soccer (CBF) has dismissed its communications director Rodrigo Paiva due to his ties to Ronaldo.
With shut ties to former CBF president Ricardo Teixeira, Paiva has lengthy loved a fame as an influence dealer within the Brazilian governing physique, however the organisation parted methods with him after he sought nearer alignment with Ronaldo. The previous striker just lately introduced that he desires to run the CBF. Paiva and Ronaldo labored collectively within the late 90s.
His dismissal seems to be linked to a Brazilian courtroom order final August that noticed the CBF pay R$60,000 ($9,700) to former director Luisa Rosa, who accused members of the governing physique of ethical and sexual harassment. Rosa had turn out to be the primary feminine director on the CBF.
Paiva dismissed hypothesis that his title is talked about within the investigation. In an announcement, he stated: “I want to make clear that I’ve no say within the matter in query, since I’m not and have by no means been a part of this course of or some other of this nature. Since I have no idea the content material of the method nor do I’ve entry to its content material, since it’s being processed below judicial secrecy, I’ve no means of commenting on it.”
Between 2002 and 2014, Paiva served as communications director and nationwide workforce press officer on the CBF. He made a backdoor exit on the 2014 World Cup when he was suspended due to his involvement in an altercation following Brazil’s spherical of 16 match towards Chile. Three years in the past, he returned to the CBF, however his relationship with president Ednaldo Rodrigues shortly deteriorated.
Paiva is being mooted as the brand new communications chief of Flamengo following the election of Luiz Eduardo Batista as the brand new membership president. He succeeds Rogerio Landim.
In the meantime, Ronaldo desires to face within the CBF presidential elections, however the former striker might want to discover help among the many state federations, the powerbase of the CBF, to problem Rodrigues.
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