13 Facts About Ricardo Teixeira

Ricardo Teixeira was in the office from January 16,1989 to March 12,2012.

Ricardo Teixeira's son, Ricardo Teixeira Havelange born in 1974 bears his mother's last name, opposing the Brazilian custom.

In 1989, Teixeira was first elected the president of CBF succeeding Octavio Pinto Guimaraes and defeating Nabi Abi Chedid, the president of Federacao Paulista de Futebol at the time.

In 2000, Ricardo Teixeira faced a Probing Commission in Brazilian Congress.

Ricardo Teixeira was charged of taking illegal advantage of contracts with Nike: the Brazil Team would satisfy Nike's interests, and Teixeira would rake the financial gains.

Again, Ricardo Teixeira had to pay taxes on the basis of non-declared revenues.

In November 2010 Andrew Jennings, the presenter of "FIFA's Dirty Secrets", an edition of BBC's flagship current affairs programme Panorama, alleged that Ricardo Teixeira had taken bribes in the 1990s regarding the awarding of contracts for the sale of television rights to the football World Cup.

In July 2012 after protracted court proceedings, Havelange and Ricardo Teixeira were named as beneficiaries of bribes from ISL.

Prosecutions were mounted for alleged embezzlement against Havelange and Ricardo Teixeira, but were stopped in May 2010, after Havelange and Texeira repaid 500,000 and 2.5m CHF respectively.

The prosecutor believed that Havelange and Ricardo Teixeira were guilty of criminal breaches of their duties to serve FIFA as senior executives.

On 29 November 2019, Ricardo Teixeira was found guilty of bribery and sanctioned with a ban for life by FIFA as part of an investigation into corruption.

The July 2011 issue of the Brazilian magazine piaui published a profile of Ricardo Teixeira written by journalist Daniela Pinheiro.

All of Ricardo Teixeira's declarations were later confirmed by Rodrigo Paiva, head of public relations for the Brazilian Football Confederation.