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FIFA and Footballers Embroiled in Panama Papers

  • FIFA officials and footballers named in Panama Papers

    FIFA officials and footballers named in Panama Papers | Photo: Reuters

Published 4 April 2016
Opinion

Reeling from recent scandals, FIFA officials and footballers are implicated in Panama Papers.

The FIFA governing body faces another scandal as several officials and footballers appear in the Panama Papers, a massive and historic leak of confidential documents that reveal how the rich and powerful from countries across the globe use tax havens to hide their wealth. The documents show how a law firm based in Panama City, Mossack Fonseca, helped clients over four decades launder huge amounts of money and avoid taxes, while evading any legal action against them.

IN DEPTH:
The Panama Papers

FIFA officials named include: Jerome Valcke, former secretary general of FIFA; Eugenio Figueredo, former president of the South American Football Confederation and vice president and member of the Ethics Committee of FIFA; Michel Platini, former president of the Union of European Football Association; Juan Pedro Damiani, member of the Ethics Committee of FIFA; and Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, Argentine businessmen, also implicated in the 2015 FIFA corruption case.

Football players named include Lionel Messi, Barcelona and Argentine superstar; Ivan Zamorano, retired Chilean striker; Darko Kovacevic, former Serbian player; Nihat Kahveci, former Turkish footballer; Sander Westerveld, retired Dutch goalkeeper; Tayfun Korkut, Turkish football manager and former player; Valeri Karpin, Russian retired player; Gabriel Schurrer, Argentine retired footballer; and Mattias Asper, retired Swedish goalkeeper.

Some of the footballers had accounts tied to their teams.

Other players include Gabriel Ivan Heinze, Argentine former footballer; Leonardo Ulloa, Argentine player; Marc Rieper, retired Danish player; and Brian Steen Nielsen, former Danish player and sports director of Aarhus Gymnastikforening.

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