Harold Mayne-Nicholls

Harold Mayne-Nicholls
President of the ANFP
In office
2007–2010
Preceded byReinaldo Sánchez
Succeeded bySergio Jadue
Personal details
Born
Harold Mayne-Nicholls Secul

(1961-06-27) 27 June 1961
Antofagasta, Chile
OccupationJournalist, administrator
Known forFormer president of ANFP, FIFA official

Harold Alfred Mayne-Nicholls Secul (born 27 July 1961) is a Chilean journalist and former football administrator who was president of the National Professional Football Association (ANFP) and of the Chilean Football Federation (FFCh). He was also a FIFA official. On 6 July 2015, he was banned for seven years by FIFA Ethics Committee from all football-related activity, after being the chair of evaluation for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup and openly criticizing the decision to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. On 2 March 2017, he appealed the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. which finally decided that there was no real misconduct and lifted the sentence.