Corinthians board clears ex-academy directors, journalist reinstated

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·11 August 2026

Corinthians board clears ex-academy directors, journalist reinstated

By Larissa Beppler | Central do Timão Newsroom

Corinthians’ Deliberative Council acquitted former youth academy directors Claudinei Alves and Valmir Costa this Monday (10). Both had previously been expelled from the club’s membership rolls. The decisions were made by the plenary during a session held at Parque São Jorge.

Claudinei Alves, who served as youth academy director during former president Augusto Melo’s administration, received 54 votes in favor of remaining on the club’s membership rolls. Another 38 councilors voted for his expulsion, while two abstained.

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Next, the Council reviewed the appeal filed by Valmir Costa, former deputy youth academy director. The outcome was also favorable to the official: 57 councilors voted for acquittal, 32 for expulsion, and two abstained.

Understanding the case

Claudinei and Valmir had been expelled from Corinthians’ membership rolls because of the invasion that took place at Parque São Jorge on May 31, 2025, when Augusto Melo’s allies tried to restore the then-suspended president to office.

Augusto Melo was formally removed from the Corinthians presidency in August 2025. The two former directors were part of the youth academy structure during his administration.

After the initial expulsion decision, Claudinei and Valmir obtained a stay at the beginning of July, temporarily suspending the effects of the punishment until their appeals were judged by the Deliberative Council.

With the vote held this Monday, the plenary decided to keep both men on the club’s membership rolls.

Paulinho, from Blog do Paulinho, is reinstated at Corinthians

In the same session, the Deliberative Council also judged the case of journalist Paulo Cezar de Andrade Prado, known as Paulinho, from Blog do Paulinho. He had been removed from Corinthians’ membership rolls 15 years ago.

By decision of the plenary, the journalist was reinstated to Corinthians’ membership rolls. The measure, which received 69 votes in favor, seven against, and five abstentions, came after a favorable opinion from the Ethics and Discipline Committee, later ratified by the councilors during the meeting.

Paulinho was present at Parque São Jorge to follow the session. According to the journalist’s own account, he was allegedly assaulted at the club entrance by members of the Gaviões da Fiel board and by the organized supporters’ group’s president, Alexandre Domenico.

Gaviões da Fiel, in turn, gave a different version of the episode. In a statement sent to Central do Timão, the group said there had only been a “brief disagreement” between the parties, which was brought under control without major consequences.

According to the supporters’ group, the Gaviões president and board members were outside the club following the Deliberative Council meeting when Paulinho arrived at the scene.

Still according to the statement, the journalist was responsible for posts against Alexandre Domenico that, in the group’s view, would, “in theory, constitute slander and defamation.” Gaviões said that, given Paulinho’s arrival and the mocking attitude allegedly adopted by the journalist regarding the posts, the disagreement occurred.

The supporters’ group also said that Alexandre Domenico later spoke with club security and left the scene calmly.

Other punishments related to the invasion

This Monday’s meeting took place just a few days after the Deliberative Council imposed other punishments on club councilors.

Last Monday (3), the body determined the removal from the membership rolls of now former councilors Manoel Ramos Evangelista, known as Mané da Carne, and Marcelo Mariano, known as Marcelinho, who also served as administrative director during Augusto Melo’s administration.

Councilor Mario Mello Junior, meanwhile, received a six-month suspension because of his participation in the May 31 episode.

The decisions are part of the series of judgments carried out by the Deliberative Council surrounding the events of May 31, 2025, which centered on Augusto Melo’s allies’ attempt to restore him to the Corinthians presidency.

Read Gaviões da Fiel’s statement:

“At the beginning of the evening this Monday (10), the president of Gaviões da Fiel and members of its board were at Parque São Jorge, outside the club, following a meeting of Corinthians’ Deliberative Council, in which the expulsion process of two members was also underway. During that time, Paulo Cezar de Andrade Prado, ‘Paulinho’ from Blog do Paulinho, arrived at the location. He is the author of successive posts against the president of Gaviões, with content that, in theory, constitutes slander and defamation against Ale. Upon Paulinho’s arrival, and because of the mocking attitude he adopted regarding his own posts, there was a brief disagreement between the parties, which was brought under control without major consequences. After that, Ale spoke with club security and left the location calmly.”

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This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.