Overview

• Marc Overmars, former director of football at Ajax, has been handed a global ban by FIFA, extending his suspension from Dutch football.
• The ban follows Overmars' inappropriate behaviour towards several female colleagues at Ajax, which led to his departure from the club in February 2022.
• The Instituut Sportrechtspraak (ISR), the Netherlands’ disciplinary committee for sports federations, initially imposed a two-year ban, one year of which was suspended.
• The Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) requested FIFA to extend the sanction globally, which has now been confirmed.
• Overmars, who is currently the technical director at Belgian side Royal Antwerp, has the option to appeal against FIFA's sanction.