Ednaldo Rodrigues

Ednaldo Rodrigues Gomes (born 27 January 1954) is a Brazilian accountant, politician and sports executive, serving as the 24th and current president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).

Ednaldo Rodrigues
24th President of Brazilian Football Confederation
Assumed office
August 25, 2021
President of Federação Bahiana de Futebol
In office
2001–2018
Personal details
Born (1954-01-27) 27 January 1954[1]
Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil

Biography

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] He was an amateur soccer player in the 70s and 80s. He was president of the Liga Conquistense de Desportes Terrestres. 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 CBF between 2021 and 2022.[3] On March 23, 2022, he was elected president of the CBF.[4]

References
  1. "FIFA Council". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  2. estadaoconteudo. "Conheça Ednaldo Rodrigues, presidente interino da CBF que busca 'limpar' o nome da entidade". Terra (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  3. "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.
  4. "Ednaldo Rodrigues é eleito o novo presidente da CBF". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-20.
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