The FIFA Disciplinary Commission has suspended Luis Rubiales, former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), for three years from all activities related to football at a national and international level, believing that he violated article 13 of the FIFA code. body, the highest world football body reported this morning.
This commission thus resolves the disciplinary file opened against Luis Rubiales on August 24 after the events that occurred after the final of the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, in which Spain was proclaimed champion after beating England.
The former Spanish president touched his genitals in the box and later, during the medal ceremony, he kissed the player Jennifer Hermoso on the mouth on the podium.
At first Rubiales was provisionally suspended for a period of 90 days and this Monday he received notification of the Disciplinary Commission’s decision to sanction him for three years.
The former president of the RFEF, the day after said provisional suspension, flatly refused to resign during the Assembly of the federative body and reiterated that the kiss was consensual, which was denied by the soccer player who currently plays for the Mexican Pachuca and which caused the Spanish players to resign en masse to play for the national team “if the current leaders continue”, as well as a large part of the technical team of the women’s organization chart, except for Jorge Vilda, then coach of the world champion team, who, however, Like the men’s coach, Luis de la Fuente, he regretted the “inappropriate behavior” of the leader.
Finally, on September 6, Jenni Hermoso reported Rubiales to the National Court Prosecutor’s Office for the kiss she received on the mouth and she filed a complaint against the former president, who definitively announced his resignation four days later in a statement published on his social media account. X (formerly Twitter).
FIFA specifies that, according to the existing provisions of its Disciplinary Code, Rubiales has ten days to “request a reasoned decision which, if requested, will subsequently be published on legal.fifa.com”, and that the decision is subject to be appealed before the Appeals Committee.
The world’s highest football body adds that it “reiterates its absolute commitment to respecting and protecting the integrity of all people and ensuring that the basic rules of decent conduct are respected.”
