Change at the top! Amodeo to leave Vasco, ex-rival set for CEO | OneFootball

Vasco’s board has decided on a major overhaul of the administrative structure of its football department for the second half of 2026. The management led by president Pedrinho worked out an amicable agreement for the definitive departure of Vasco SAF CEO Carlos Amodeo. The executive recently traveled to the United States representing the Rio club in place of the Vasco president to discuss matters related to the creation of the new club League at the invitation of the Brazilian Football Confederation. However, his exit is already fully on track behind the scenes, and the executive himself has made this situation clear in conversations with close contacts.

To take over as the top football executive at São Januário, the board committee has defined Fred Luz as the clear favorite. He became widely known on the national stage for his financial restructuring work at rival Flamengo in previous years. Currently serving as the top sports executive at the renowned consultancy Alvarez & Marsal, the candidate is very well regarded by the club’s associative board and also has the full approval of the company’s imminent new owner, businessman Marcos Lamacchia, who is the stepson of Leila Pereira, president of Palmeiras.

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Pedrinho and CEO Carlos Amodeo – Photo: Dikran Sahagian/CRVG

New phase marks full control of Vasco’s finances

The institutional relationship between Vasco and Alvarez & Marsal is moving toward an unprecedented level of corporate partnership with the likely arrival of the new CEO. The international consulting firm already knows every detail of Vasco’s finances inside out, as it was chiefly responsible for designing and structuring the entire Judicial Recovery plan recently approved by the courts. With the imminent appointment of its leading technical figure to run the day-to-day operations of professional football, the firm will take direct control of the most important decisions in Vasco’s machinery.

This close alignment consolidates the consultancy’s presence at the heart of Vasco’s institutional management, placing its professionals at the top of strategic market decision-making. The approval granted by investor Marcos Lamacchia endorses the bureaucratic transition, combining the financial restructuring expertise built up in recent months with the promise of new financial injections that will be made as soon as the sale of the assets is definitively approved by the council members during the World Cup recess.

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