José Maria Marin

[1] After Teixeira resigned on 12 March 2012, Marin was appointed as the new president of the Brazilian Football Confederation and of the 2014 FIFA World Cup committee.

[10] On 2 April 2013, the son of murdered Brazilian journalist Vladimir Herzog petitioned for Marin's removal from the CBF and FIFA because of the speeches Marin delivered while a congressional representative in 1975 that praised Sérgio Fleury, who was head of the Department of Political and Social Order (Departamento de Ordem Politica e Social) during Brazil's military dictatorship, and for criticizing Herzog in speeches.

[13] The indictment under which Marin was arrested names 14 people on charges including racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering conspiracy.

Other soccer officials charged are Eduardo Li, Jeffrey Webb, Eugenio Figueredo, Jack Warner, Julio Rocha, Costas Takkas, Rafael Esquivel and Nicolás Leoz.

[17] Chilean actor Alejandro Trejo portrayed Marin in the 2020 Amazon Prime Video original series El Presidente.