Jose Rodriguez

Professional Career

Location

Zurich, Switzerland

Languages

English
Spanish
French

Biography

Experienced Head with a demonstrated history of working in football’s most senior organisation, FIFA. During his tenure, he has led different teams dealing with investigations and cases arising from violations to the FIFA Statutes and regulations on different fields (enforcement of decisions, competitions, doping, transfers of players, etc.) In particular, he was actively involved and coordinated all relevant cases that dealt with illegal transfer of minors in football.

Moreover, the last years saw Jose Alfonso, play a determinant role for FIFA, in the set-up and operations of a brand new Ethics Department, the proceedings conducted by the Ethics Committee and the optimization and execution of FIFA’s policy and activities on all anti-match manipulation initiatives.

During his term, Jose Alfonso, represented FIFA in several cases in front of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

His experience, working with the Judicial Bodies of FIFA, in enforcing FIFA’s regulations and safeguarding the integrity and reputation of football worldwide will be of great value to all students. He will teach FBA students the importance of ethics and good governance in football.