FERJ picks new president, elected boss copies Flamengo idol's celebration | OneFootball

Rubens Lopes won Monday’s (08) vote at FERJ

Rubens Lopes will remain president of the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation (FERJ). The current president won the election unanimously, including with support from Flamengo, to stay in office for the next four years. While celebrating the achievement, Rubinho, as he is known, imitated Bruno Henrique and the legendary phrase “another level.”

— We hope this will be built not from one side to the other, but together. It is not a promise, but a commitment that we will build a better world for football in Rio de Janeiro with everyone’s collaboration. As that athlete everyone knows says, football in Rio is on another level. It goes far beyond the pitches; the Rio federation is not just football —, he said in his speech after the election, referring at the end to Bruno Henrique of Flamengo.

— There are 120 institutions that make up this assembly’s electoral college. Of those, 119 formally expressed their support. One did not do so for whatever reason, but expressed it verbally and came in person to vote in favor —, he stated.

HOW LONG HAS RUBENS LOPES BEEN FERJ PRESIDENT?

Reelected once again, Rubens Lopes has been FERJ president since 2007. Before taking the position, Rubinho was president of Bangu, replacing Eduardo Viana, Caixa D’Água, who led the Federation for 22 years. In other words, there is a chance the current president could break that record.

HOW DID RIO’S BIG CLUBS VOTE?

As highlighted by Rubens Lopes, Rio de Janeiro’s four biggest clubs — Flamengo, Vasco, Botafogo and Fluminense — supported the current administration. Therefore, the current three-time Carioca champion agrees with the work of the group in charge of the Rio de Janeiro State Federation.

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