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João Carlos Ferreira Leal

Portgual

NYON, SWITZERLAND - AUGUST 22: UEFA Control Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) meeting at the UEFA headquarters, the House of European Football on August 22, 2019 in Nyon, Switzerland. (Photo by Harold Cunningham - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images)
NYON, SWITZERLAND - AUGUST 22: UEFA Control Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) meeting at the UEFA headquarters, the House of European Football on August 22, 2019 in Nyon, Switzerland. (Photo by Harold Cunningham - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images) UEFA via Getty Images

João Carlos Ferreira Leal joined the Portuguese Football Federation in 1998, serving as head of the legal department and, more recently, head of the registration and transfer department.

He joined the Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body in 2017, having previously served as an ethics and disciplinary inspector and before that as member of the Appeals Body.