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(CNN)Chuck Blazer, a former FIFA executive committee member and a key player in the ongoing corruption investigation into international soccer's governing body, admitted that he and other officials took bribes ahead of the 1998 and 2010 World Cups, court records show.

In a 40-page document that federal prosecutors released Wednesday, Blazer tells the court that he and other members of the FIFA executive committee took bribes between 2004 and 2011 and helped South Africa land the 2010 World Cup.

Blazer, who was on FIFA's executive committee from 1997 to 2013, also describes facilitating a bribe in connection with the 1998 World Cup bidding process.

U.S. officials have said in another court document that the bribe that Blazer helped to negotiate was paid by Moroccan officials to an unnamed member of FIFA's executive committee. Morocco's bid for the Cup was unsuccessful. France was award the 1998 finals.