ZURICH: These were the men who voted in December 2010 in the election to choose the World Cup hosts for 2018 and 2022 — Russia and Qatar, as it turned out:
President:
Sepp Blatter (Switzerland) currently awaiting CAS verdict on his appeal against a six-year ethics ban;
Vice-president:
Julio Grondona (Argentina) died in July 2014;
Issa Hayatou (Cameroon) still a vice-president, chair of the FIFA finance committee and head of the African confederation;
Mong Joon Chung (South Korea) serving a five-year ban;
Jack Warner (Trinidad and Tobago) banned for life and contesting extradition to the US from Trinidad and Tobago;
Angel Maria Villar (Spain) still serving, also president of the Spanish federation; fined 25,000 Swiss francs and formally cautioned for not co-operating with the ethics committee;
Michel Platini (France) banned from football for four years accepting an irregular payment from FIFA at Blatter’s authorisation;
Geoff Thompson (England) still serving on FIFA committees;
Ordinary members:
Michel D’Hooghe (Belgium) still serving on FIFA Council;
Ricardo Teixeira (Brazil) quit all football posts; indicted by the US Department of Justice but ‘safe’ in Brazil;
Mohammed Bin Hammam (Qatar) former AFC president, banned for life;
Senes Erzik (Turkey) still serving on FIFA Council;
Chuck Blazer (United States) former CONCACAF general secretary, the FIFAGate whistleblower, banned from football for life;
Worawi Makudi (Thailand) banned for five years this week;
Nicolas Leoz (Paraguay) banned former CONMEBOL president, contesting extraditing to the United States on a FIFAGate indictment;
Junji Ogura (Japan) retired;
Marios Lefkaritis (Cyprus) still serving on FIFA Council;
Jacques Anouma (Ivory Coast) former exco member;
Franz Beckenbauer (Germany) former exco member, reprimanded for non-co-operation with FIFA ethics World Cup votes inquiry; under investigation concerning the German 2006 World Cup cash scandal;
Rafael Salguero (Guatemala) former exco member under FIFAGate indictment;
Hany Abo Rida (Egypt) still serving on FIFA Council;
Vitaly Mutko (Russia) still serving on FIFA Council.
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