CBF mourns death of former president Antônio Carlos Nunes | OneFootball

CBF vice president and the organization’s acting president on several occasions, Antônio Carlos Nunes, known as Colonel Nunes, has died at the age of 87Credits: CBF

Antônio Carlos Nunes de Lima, better known as Colonel Nunes, died in the early hours of this Sunday (13), at the age of 87, in Belém.

A reserve officer in the Military Police, he was born on November 21, 1938, in Monte Alegre, a city in the state of Pará where he also served as mayor.

A passionate Paysandu supporter, it was as a football executive that he made the greatest mark over the course of his career.

Nunes chaired the Pará Football Federation in different periods for nearly 20 years, was elected CBF vice president in December 2015, and served as acting president of Brazilian football’s governing body for several months in 2016 and 2021, and between 2017 and 2019.

“CBF mourns the passing of Colonel Nunes, whose story was marked by strengthening football in his home state of Pará and in Brazil. At this moment of profound pain and sadness, we express our condolences to his family and friends,” said CBF president Samir Xaud.

The wake will be held starting at 1 p.m. (Brasília time) this Sunday at the Max Domini memorial in Belém. He will be buried this Monday (14), in a ceremony at 11 a.m., at Recanto da Saudade cemetery, in the capital of Pará.

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