Rafael Esquivel

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Esquivel and the second or maternal family name is Melo.
Rafael Esquivel
Born Rafael Esquivel Melo
1946/1947 (age 69–70)[1]
Nationality Venezuelan
Occupation former president of the Venezuelan Football Federation
former member of CONMEBOL executive committee

Rafael Esquivel Melo (born 1946/1947) is a Venezuelan former football administrator. He was a member of CONMEBOL executive committee and president of the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF).

Esquivel was president of the Venezuelan Football Federation from 1988 to 2015.[1]

Esquivel was arrested in May 2015 in Switzerland to face corruption charges in the United States.[2] He was banned by FIFA Ethics Committee.[3]

In March 2016, Esquivel was extradited to the US and pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court.[4] He was released from jail on a US$7 million bond.[5]


References

  1. 1 2 "FIFA Corruption Arrests: What We Know So Far". SkyNews. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. ↑ Apuzzo, Matt; Schmidt, Michael S.; Rashbaum, William K.; Borden, Sam. "FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Blatter Isn't Among Them". New York Times. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Ruiz, Rebecca R. (2015-08-08). "How the 14 Indicted FIFA Defendants Currently Stand". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  4. ↑ "Football: Ex-Conmebol VP Esquivel pleads not guilty in US court over Fifa graft scandal". The Straits Times. 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  5. ↑ McDermid, Brendan; Rosenberg, Mica (2016-03-10). "U.S. judge allows release of Venezuelan ex-soccer official on bond". Reuters. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
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