Juan Ángel Napout
| Juan Ángel Napout Barreto | |
|---|---|
|
Juan Napout in 2010 | |
| Born |
13 May 1958 Asunción |
| Nationality | Paraguayan |
| Title | President of CONMEBOL |
| Term | 2014–2015 |
| Predecessor | Eugenio Figueredo |
| Successor | Alejandro Dominguez |
Juan Ángel Napout Barreto (born 13 May 1958) is a Paraguayan football executive and businessman. He was elected President of CONMEBOL on an interim basis in August 2014 and was re-elected for a full mandate in March 2015. He resigned on 11 December 2015 after having been arrested in Zürich, Switzerland and facing charges in the United States regarding the 2015 FIFA corruption case. Between 2007 and 2014 Napout was head of the Paraguayan Football Association. In December 2015, Napout was banned by the FIFA Ethics Committee.[1]
Biography
Napout was born on 13 May 1958 in Asunción, Paraguay.[2]
In June 1989 Napout, aged 32, became President of the Paraguayan football club Cerro Porteño.[2]
Napout was President of the Paraguayan Football Association between 2007 and 2014.[3]
Napout succeeded Eugenio Figueredo as President of CONMEBOL in August 2014 on an interim basis.[3] On 4 March 2015 he was re-elected for a full term as President of CONMEBOL and was also appointed Vice-President of FIFA.[2]
Napout was arrested in Zürich on 3 December 2015 on charges of accepting bribes.[4] On 11 December 2015 Napout resigned as President of CONMEBOL and was succeeded in interim capacity by Wilmar Valdez.[5]
After his arrest Napout agreed to extradition and appeared before a federal judge in New York on 15 December and declared himself not guilty on the five charges brought against him. He was afterwards released on bail.[6]
References
- ↑ Ziegler, Martyn (2015-12-04). "Accused FIFA pair Juan Angel Napout and Alfredo Hawit handed 90-day bans". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2016-06-29.
- 1 2 3 "Juan Ángel Napout Barreto". CONMEBOL. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Napout re-elected as CONMEBOL president". Yahoo News via AFP. 4 March 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ↑ "Police swoop on Fifa stronghold Baur au Lac hotel - for the second time this year". Daily Telegraph. 3 Dec 2015. Retrieved 3 Dec 2015.
- ↑ "Juan Angel Napout resigns as CONMEBOL president". ESPN. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "Escándalo FIFA: Juan Ángel Napout pagó USD 20 millones de fianza y tendrá arresto domiciliario" (in Spanish). Infobae. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.