Brazil lose FIFA Council seat as CONMEBOL appoints Argentina’s Claudio Tapia

May 20 – Brazil has lost its seat on the FIFA Council following CONMEBOL’s decision to replace former Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) boss Ednaldo Rodrigues with Argentina’s Claudio Tapia as its representative on an interim basis.

The decision comes after Rodrigues was removed from his position as CBF President for a second time by a court in Rio de Janeiro in a case relating to the alleged falsification of documents ahead of his re-election in March this year.

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