Career
He is the current president of He was president of between 2001 and 2008, having previously worked in administration. He succeeded Antônio Soares Calçada in December 2000, and was reelected in December 2003 and December 2006. He was replaced by Roberto Dinamite in June 2008, however he returns to the presidency of in December 2014.
He was also a federal deputy and known by the Euriquism.
He was a football advisor to the President of in 1980, and ran for club President in 1982, against Agarthyno Gomes and Antônio Soares Calçada, being defeated by the latter. He ran for President again in 1985 against Antônio Soares Calçada, being defeated again.
Eurico Miranda was the vice-president of football division between 1986 and 2000. Controversy
In 1999, during a match between Vasco and Paraná Clube, he invaded the field, after three Vasco players were sent off by the referee, and prevented the match from being resumed.
In 2000, he was accused by the Federal High Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal) of bearing responsibility for the São Januário collapse of a steel barrier, during the final match of the 2000 Campeonato Brasileiro final.
= Football Investigation Parliamentary Committee In 2001, Eurico Miranda was the target of a series of press accusations, regarding several irregularities during his administration as vice-president, and later as president of Vasco. In that year, the Brazilian Congress convened its first investigative committee for soccer (a procedure known by the Portuguese acronym Consumer price index), to investigate irregularities in the administration of Brazilian football, and Eurico Miranda was one of the people accused in the Consumer price index"s final report. A lawsuit was taken against him, but his abrogation was not approved.
As Miranda was not re-elected deputy in 2002, he lost his parliamentary immunity and had several lawsuits filed against him.
He was the Progressive Party"s federal deputy of Rio de Janeiro State between 1995 and 2002, being elected in the 1994 and 1998 elections. In 2002 and 2006, he was again Progressive Party"s federal deputy candidate, but was not elected.
In 1990, he was the Liberal Party"s federal deputy candidate, but was not elected.