The disgraced Trinidad & Tobago official, a former Vice-President at football's governing body as well as an Executive Committee member, has committed "many and various acts of misconduct" according to the independent panel chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert.

Warner, also a former President of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), is currently wanted in the United States due to bribery allegations and is facing extradition proceedings.

A statement released by the Ethics Committee today said: "The adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, chaired by Hans-Joachim Eckert, has decided to ban the former FIFA Vice-President and Executive Committee member as well as CONCACAF President, Mr Jack Warner, from taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level for life.

"The decision was taken on the basis of investigations carried out by the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee following its report on the inquiry into the 2018/2022 FIFA World Cup bidding process.

"The chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee, Dr Cornel Borbély, who took over the chairmanship from his predecessor in late December 2014, immediately opened the investigation into Mr Warner’s activities in January 2015.

"Mr Warner was found to have committed many and various acts of misconduct continuously and repeatedly during his time as an official in different high-ranking and influential positions at FIFA and CONCACAF.

"In his positions as a football official, he was a key player in schemes involving the offer, acceptance, and receipt of undisclosed and illegal payments, as well as other money-making schemes.

"He was found guilty of violations of art. 13 (General rules of conduct), art. 15 (Loyalty), art. 18 (Duty of disclosure, cooperation and reporting), art. 19 (Conflicts of interest), art. 20 (Offering and accepting gifts and other benefits) and art. 41 (Obligation of the parties to collaborate) of the FIFA Code of Ethics.

"The ban is effective from September 25, 2015, the date on which the present decision was notified."

Trinidad and Tobago’s attorney general signed documents granting a green light for the extradition process to continue against the 72-year-old earlier this month.

He has long been at the centre of corruption allegations and was one of the FIFA officials arrested at their congress in Zurich in May.

He is allegedly involved in a $10 million (£600,000/€900,000) payment from South African football officials to CONCACAF, connected to the nation's successful bid for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

American authorities are keen for him to be tried within the US, but Warner, who denies the allegations, is fighting the extradition attempt.

In a statement in response to his ban released via his Facebook page, Warner seemed defiant.

He referred to FIFA as "the FIFA" throughout his press release.

"I left the FIFA in April 2011 and if in September 2015 (some 4 years and 5 months after) the FIFA wants to ban me for life without even a hearing then so be it," he said.

"I do not believe however that this will serve as the distraction to the FIFA's present problems as the FIFA wishes it to be.

"Given what is happening in Zurich with Sepp Blatter I guess that there is no such thing as a coincidence."



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