March 20, 2012 - 10:43 AMT
Ricardo Teixeira quits FIFA’s executive committee

Ricardo Teixeira, the former head of Brazilian soccer, is resigning from FIFA’s executive committee.

Teixeira has resigned from the post he held since 1994 in a letter sent to the South American football confederation on Monday, March 19.

The Brazilian said he is leaving the committee because of “personal reasons.”

The announcement comes exactly a week after Teixeira stood down as president of the Brazilian federation and the 2014 World Cup organizing committee.

His 23-year rule of Brazilian soccer was marked by success, but also by allegations of irregularities including claims that he took kickbacks from former FIFA marketing partner ISL in the 1990s, according to The Associated Press.