The 2nd Disciplinary Commission of the STJD (Superior Court of Sports Justice) punished this Wednesday, 9, nine players for match fixing in Brazilian football in 2022.
The athletes were punished with different penalties (from 360 days to 720 days) by the auditors of the first instance of the Sports Justice.
The STJD Prosecutor’s complaint was based on the evidence collected by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Goiás in Operation Maximum Penalty.
At the trial, striker Alef Manga, formerly of Coritiba, confessed to having participated in the match-fixing scheme.
He said he regretted it and made himself available to return the R$ 45,000 received from the handlers. Alef testified via call from Cyprus.
Even so, the player was punished for 360 days and fined R$ 30,000.
Match-fixing will not be tolerated, says STJD president
The case’s rapporteur, auditor Iuri Engel Francescutti, stated that match-fixing is a serious problem in world football and needs to be faced with rigor in Brazil.
In the vote, the auditor said that the STJD will not tolerate such practices, but will always be judging cases by listening to the contradictory and without pre-judging.
Sidcley, Jesus Trindade and Pedrinho were acquitted by the auditors.
“The answer that is being given by the Sports Justice is that we are not being tolerant with these illegal conducts, which want to take away all the love and passion of the fan for football”, said the president of the 2nd Disciplinary Commission of the STJD, Carlos Eduardo Pontes Lopes Cardoso.
“We are here, in a way, preserving the greater interest of the sport which is based on integrity on the field,” he concluded.
Punished players
- Nino Paraíba, athlete from Paysandu-PA; punished with 480 days and a fine of BRL 40,000 under article 243, with article 191, III being absorbed;
- Bryan, professional athlete whose last club in Brazil was Athletico Paranaense-PR; 360 days and a fine of BRL 30,000 in article 243, article 191, III being absorbed;
- Diego, athlete from Desportivo Aliança-AL; 360 days plus a fine of BRL 30,000 in article 243, with article 191 being absorbed, III plus a fine of BRL 40,000 in article 191, III for the disqualification of article 242;
- Alef Manga, athlete from Coritiba-PR; 360 days and BRL 30 thousand in article 243, being acquitted in the article 191, III
- Vitor Mendes, athlete from Atlético Mineiro-MG; 430 days and BRL 40,000 in article 243, being acquitted in the article 191, III;
- Sávio Alves, professional athlete whose last club in Brazil was Goiás-GO; 360 days and BRL 30,000 in article 243, being acquitted in the article 191, III;
- Thonny Anderson, ABC-RN athlete; fine of BRL 40 thousand in article 191, III;
- Dadá Belmonte, athlete from América-MG; 720 days and BRL 70,000 in article 243, being acquitted in the article 191, III;
- Igor Cárius, Sport-PE athlete; BRL 540 days and BRL 50 thousand. in article 243, being acquitted in the article article 191, III.