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Duílio Monteiro Alves won the Corinthians presidential elections tonight (28). With the victory, Andrés Sánchez’s political group remains in charge of the club for another three years. The election that took place in Parque São Jorge also featured the participation of opponents Mário Gobbi Filho and Augusto Melo, who came in second place.
Duílio obtained 1,079 votes (37.7%), against 934 for Augusto Melo (32.6%) and 782 for Mário Gobbi (27.3%). 56 blank votes (1.9%) and another 14 invalid votes (0.5%) were registered. Eight votes are sub judice.
With the victory of Duílio, the Renovación y Transparencia board, name of the group that leads Andrés, will be at least 16 years in charge of the club. The current president took office at the end of 2007, after the Alberto Dualib era, which lasted 14 years.
Andrés was president of Corinthians until December 2011. Then, Mário Gobbi and Roberto de Andrade, candidates of the situation, won the elections and commanded the club. Andrew He returned to the presidency in 2018 for another three-year term.
Duílio is 45 years old and is the son of Adílson Monteiro Alves, Corinthian director at the time of the Corinthian Democracy. The He held the position of soccer director for two different periods. First, in Mário Gobbi, in the triennium 2012-2015. Then, in the current mandate of Andrés.
The former soccer director, who retired from his post in early October, will face challenges on and off the field. The financial situation is delicate: the club closed with a record deficit last year. The new coronavirus pandemic exacerbated the situation.
In sports, the team was eliminated from the Libertadores and the Copa do Brasil in 2020, in addition to losing Paulistão. In the Brasileirão, the fight is not to fall. The team has 29 points from 23 rounds, five points ahead of Vasco, the first team in the relegation zone.