Ednaldo Rodrigues Gomes (born 27 January 1954) is a Brazilian accountant, politician and sports executive, who recently served as the 24th president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
Rodrigues obtained a degree in Accounting from Faculdade Visconde de Cairu in Salvador in 1991, while earning similar credentials in Financial Auditing at the same college, and administrative management by Fundação Getúlio Vargas.[2][failed verification] He was an amateur soccer player in the 70s and 80s. He was president of the Liga Conquistense de Desportes Terrestres.[citation needed] He was also director of the Interior Department of the Federação Bahiana de Futebol (FBF), from 1992 to 2000, he was elected president of the FBF and re-elected twice more, from 2001 to 2018, and vice president of the CBF from 2018 to 2021.[2][3]
He was interim president of the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol between 2021 and 2022.[3] On March 23, 2022, he was elected president of the CBF.[4]