Former FIFA executive committee member, Chuck Blazer, has died, at 72. Blazer was general secretary of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) from 1990 to 2011.
In 2013, he pleaded guilty to bribery and financial offences in the United States and was later banned by FIFA from all football activities for life.
A statement from Blazer’s two lawyers did not provide details or the circumstances of his death.
FIFA was not immediately available for a comment on Blazer’s death. Also, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, which is overseeing the FIFA probe, did not respond to a request for comment.
