Harold Mayne-Nicholls

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mayne–Nicholls and the second or maternal family name is Secul.
Harold Mayne-Nicholls
President of the ANFP
In office
2007–2010
Preceded byReinaldo Sánchez
Succeeded bySergio Jadue
Personal details
BornHarold 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. He stood as an independent candidate in the 2025 Chilean presidential election, achieving 1.26% of the vote.

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