2024-01-10 13:27:12
Sanctions continue against Marc Overmars. The former Dutch international, suspended in the Netherlands from any football-related activity for sending sexual images to colleagues, was subjected to the same sanction worldwide by Fifa.
Overmars was banned in November 2023 from carrying out any activity related to Dutch football for a year, after sending photos and videos of a sexual nature to female employees when he was sporting director of Ajax Amsterdam.
He resigned from his post in February 2022, after admitting to having sent a “series of inappropriate messages” to some of his colleagues and declaring that he was “ashamed” of his behavior. He was nevertheless appointed technical director of the Belgian club Royal Antwerp a month later.
The Dutch Sports Court (ISR) decided to ban the former winger from holding any position with an organization affiliated with the Dutch Football Federation for two years, one of which was suspended.
“The KNVB has the obligation to share this sanction with the FIFA Disciplinary Committee. They then decide whether this sanction should also be imposed at international level,” the Dutch Federation (KNVB) explained to AFP on Wednesday. “It is now done and the Disciplinary Commission has decided to extend the sanction,” she added.
Marc Overmars had held the position of sporting director of Ajax since 2012 and had participated at his level in the recent successes of the Amsterdam club, notably during its European epic in the Champions League in 2019 (semi-final) or during its final in the Europa League in 2017.
A renowned winger in the 1990s when he was a player, Marc Overmars lifted the most prestigious European club trophy with Ajax in 1995. He also has three Dutch championship titles. Transferred to England, to Arsenal, he won the Premier League title in 1998, before being sold to FC Barcelona in 2000.
With the Dutch national team, he played in the 1994 World Cup and that of 1998, finishing in 4th place.
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