Nationality Venezuelan Name Rafael Esquivel | Role Executive Parents John Esquivel, Emma Melo | |
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Full Name Rafael Esquivel Melo Occupation President of the Venezuelan Football FederationCONMEBOL executive committee member | ||
Rafael Esquivel | Historia ¿y Corrupción en la FVF? |
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.
Esquivel was arrested in May 2015 in Switzerland to face corruption charges in the United States. He was banned by FIFA Ethics Committee.
In March 2016, Esquivel was extradited to the US and pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court. He was released from jail on a US$7 million bond.
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