Invited by CBF, João Paulo Silva to represent Ceará in the US | OneFootball

President João Paulo Silva will represent Ceará SC in an immersive program organized by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) in the United States, one of the three host countries of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.The CBF extended a formal invitation to Ceará and the other 39 clubs from Serie A and Serie B of the Brazilian Championship.The departure, originally scheduled for Wednesday as set out in the CBF’s official program, was declined due to the match against Avaí and scheduling conflicts involving the club’s vice presidents, which prevented them from representing Ceará on the trip.The schedule includes important meetings; the creation of a unified league for Brazilian football is one of the topics on the agenda. Major League Soccer (MLS) and other American leagues, benchmarks in management processes, will be studied during the stay on U.S. soil.The group of executives will also make a technical visit to MLS headquarters and hold an institutional meeting with representatives of the National Football League (NFL). The delegation will also attend Brazil’s opening match in the tournament against Morocco in New York. All travel costs have been fully covered by the CBF.Even with the commitment at the weekend, João Paulo Silva will already be back in Brazil next Sunday, the 14th, and will normally rejoin the black-and-white delegation for the match against Criciúma, valid for the 13th round of the Brazilian Championship.International experienceThis will be the second institutional immersion organized by the CBF in which President João Paulo Silva will represent Ceará in 2026. At the beginning of the year, the black-and-white executive carried out a technical agenda in Europe, visiting Spain, England, and Germany. On that occasion, the president met with leaders of the leagues in those three countries, learning firsthand about some of the world’s leading football case studies

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