Today, CBF announced that Ricardo Teixeira, president of the main entity of Brazilian soccer, has resigned after 23 years in charge. He leaves behind a controversial legacy: many titles for the senior, U-20, and U-17 men's teams, the ascension of the women's teams, but charges of corruption and a lot of cynicism by LOTS of fans. His replacement: 79-year-old Jose Maria Marin.
I’m no fan of Teixeira as a person as I believe he’s corrupt, but I must acknowledge that the Brazilian national team, and its youth versions, enjoyed a golden era of titles that returned Brazil to the pinnacle of world soccer, something it had not enjoyed since Pelé’s final World Cup triumph in 1970. Here is the legacy of Brazil’s NTs during the Teixeira years. Brazilian National Team: World Cup champion, 1994 & 2002 Copa América champion, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004, and 2007 Confederations Cup champion: 1997, 2005, and 2009 Second place: 1998 World Cup 1999 Confederations Cup 1991 and 1995 Copa América Youth National Teams: Olympics: Bronze, Atlanta 1996; Beijing 2008 U-20: World Cup champion, 1993, 2003, and 2011 U-17: World Cup champion, 1997, 1999, and 2003 U-20: South American champion: 1991, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, and 2011 U-17: South American champion: 1991, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 U-15: South American champion: 2005, 2007, and 2011 Women’s National Team: South American Champion: 1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, and 2010 Olympics: Silver, Athens 2004; Beijing, 2008 Pan-American Games: Gold, 2003; Gold, 2007; Silver, 2011 Second Place: 2007 World Cup
********ing finally! As bad as Teixeira could be and was throughout the 2000s this is true. He put together a solid environment for 1994 that helped us a lot and he made the right decision in 2001 with Scolari coming to bail us out. However, he did so much to hurt his own legacy when he could've left a winner. Now he leaves with Brazil behind on 2014 prep and with a Presidency that outlasted its usefulness by a decade or so. I wonder what the short-term future has in store for us.
Marin says it's going to be great working on the 2014 WC organization committe along side a legend like Romario ... oops !!! So much for him being a football fan !
Wonder who is this guy? [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsGvj6X16qc"]Roubo da medalha: dirigente protagoniza atitude infeliz e não está nem aí - YouTube[/ame] Are you f***ing kidding with me?
That's what I was afraid of. That they would just replace one thief with another so that they can continue doing their thing. I won't be happy with this change until I see some real changes.
The king is dead http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/noticia/2012/03/marin-anuncia-renuncia-de-ricardo-teixeira-da-presidencia-da-cbf.html He ran without providing the answers... [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbBWCamjwSQ"]Romário detona Ricardo Teixeira e Jerome Valcke - YouTube[/ame] But not without living his crooks Andres Sanches and the ladrao de medalhas Marin. I wish that moment would mark a new beginning for Brasil. But it seems not much will change.
Would anybody think any differently. Marin is a politician after all. Ex Governor of the state of Sao Paulo. Anyways, he was the vice and he is in power till 2014. Things probably won't change unless we get an ex football player in there like Zico. But I don't think anyone is crazy enough to even try.
Re: The king is dead His recent facebook comments: Boa tarde, Galera! Hoje podemos comemorar. Exterminamos um câncer do futebol brasileiro. Finalmente, Ricardo Teixeira renunciou a presidência da CBF. Espero que o novo presidente, João Maria Marin, o que furtou a medalha do jogador do Corinthians na Copa São Paulo de Juniores, não faça daquele ato uma constante na Confederação. Senão, teremos que exterminar a AIDS também. Desejo boa sorte ao novo presidente e espero que a partir de hoje (acho muito difícil e quase impossível) a CBF dê uma nova cara para o nosso futebol. Tô muito feliz em saber que participei deste momento de vitória e de mudança para o futebol brasileiro. Não só acredito, mas também espero, que uma limpeza geral deve ser feita na CBF. Só então, definitivamente, poderemos ficar tranquilos de que a mudança acontecerá em todos os sentidos. Valeu, Galera. Abraço!
Re: The king is dead Romário é fodão. Sou muito fã dele. Maybe one day, he'll take charge of the CBF. Romário may have partied off the field, but he ALWAYS produced. Who would have ever guessed he would lead this charge?
Re: The king is dead I won't be satisfied until the whole CBF is blown up, burnt to the ground, then rebuilt with people that actually cares about our football and are honest. I doubt I will see that while alive... Quero uma primeira medida, extremamente simples: Se a Seleção joga, os campeonatos nacionais e estaduais param. É assim em quas eo mundo todo, porque só aqui não pode ser? Depois, vem a reformulação do calendário e acordos de direitos de transmissão. EU QUERO UMA DISTRIBUIÇÃO MAIS JUSTA DAS PARTIDAS TELEVISIONADAS! Chega de só Corinthians e Flamengo! Alguem fala: " Ah só passa jogos deles porque eles tem mais torcedores", pois eu digo o inverso: " eles tem mais torcedores porque só passa jogos deles!". Imagina esse pessoal dos estados cujo futebol local é precário... Eles não tem um time local pra assistir jogos in loco , liga a TV e só passa jogos desses dois times.... Que escolhas eles têm? Assim até eu consigo mais torcedores! E os clubes que estão de fato se esforçando pra melhorar seus times, sua visibilidade, sua qualidade de jogo, são prejudicados, "escondidos" pelos interesses da Globo! ... Mais aí já viu né. Pra resolver isso leva no minimo uns 20 anos.
Re: The king is dead Sim, mas tem que resolver. A gente nao pode ficar com medo de fazer o certo acontecer. Eh a mesma coisa com todos os problemas do Brasil, educacao, violencia etc. Pra resolver tem que ter planos que vao levar 20 anos pra entrar em acao. Ai ninguem quer fazer pq vai levar muito tempo pra ver os resultados. Soh que estavam falando isso ja tem mais de 40 anos. Se tivessem feito na epoca, o resultado ja estaria ai. Tem que fazer isso mesmo, distribuir a renda das partidas televisionadas igualmente e passar jogos de todos os times de acordo com as suas pracas. Mas os cornos da globo nunca vao aceitar. Pq eles querem impor as suas vontades no Brasil. Desde politicamente, ate o futebol. Desgracados nunca vao mudar, por isso o Brasil eh uma pais de merda, que nunca ira pra frente.
Let's not give credit where credit is not due. All these accomplishments are to the efforts of players that CBF borrows from clubs at no cost. It is bad enough that he illegally pocketed 100s of million of dollars off of sponsorships deals that he's only able to land because of such players.
No soccer fan will ever credit Teixeira for the heroics in 1994; that World Cup title will be remembered for Romário’s goals in the clutch, Taffarel’s timely maneuvers against the Italians in the PK shootout, and for the team’s defensive solidity. Likewise, the Penta will not be remembered for Teixeira’s behind-the-stage antics; rather, Brazilians will remember the triumph of nearly 1 decade ago because of Ronaldo’s storybook comeback from career-threatening injuries and because of Luis Felipe Scolari’s masterful management of a team whose very participation in Korea/Japan had been questioned a mere year before Cafu hoisted the trophy. No one here forgets the players’ accomplishments, their sacrifices, their goals, the beautiful plays, their heart and guts, their blood, their sweat. This is why the Maracanã’s mini-museum, which celebrates the giants of Futebol Brasileiro from Pelé’s and Garrincha’s time to the stars of the 1980s and the 1990s, doesn’t have Teixeira’s likeness. He was corrupt, he wasn’t liked. And yes, he did manage the football federation of the nation which has been blessed with the most talented players ever. But under his management, Brazilian soccer ended a 24-year World Cup drought and won titles repeatedly. Telê Santana, my all-time favorite manager, had a generation of talent unmatched since 1970 (I still believe that the 1982/1986 generation was the best after Pelé retired), and yet he didn’t win it all. I’m not attacking him; far from it. But perhaps, just perhaps, Teixeira, for all his corruption, did do something to set a stage for working conditions which helped Brazil win big again. Whoever replaces him long-term (Marin is almost 80) will have big shoes to fill. Two World Cups (it was almost three) and 5 continental titles within 18 years (1989-2007)?
Ha Ha Romario, forever talking smack: "Today we can celebrate," Romario posted on his Twitter and Facebook pages. "We exterminated a cancer from Brazilian football. Finally, Ricardo Teixeira resigned." http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...do.teixeira.brazil.ap/index.html?sct=sc_t2_a4
Doesn't this make you sick? How many accolades do these people need? http://globoesporte.globo.com/futeb...-teixeira-pode-virar-presidente-de-honra.html
and if Teixeira was the president in 82/86 we would've won somehow?? come on. If anything we lost 98 and 06 because of him and the coaches he hired.
I wonder know that Teixeira is gone will Zico be tempted to coach the Selecao? I believe Mano's days are numbered and if brazil has a terrible showing in the Summer Olympics that will be the nail on the coffin for Mano. The team has so much talent to win multiple world cups but the coach is terrible.
Uh yeah they do. Look at the U-20 Brazil squad. Brazil has Neymar,Luca Moura,Hulk,Douglas Costa,Marcelo,Dani Alves,Oscar,Bruno Uvini,Dede,Coutihno. I can go on and on. Brazil does have talent sometimes too much talent to make a selection.