Nicolás Leoz

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Nicolás Leoz (2009)

Nicolás Leoz Almirón (born September 10, 1928 in Pirizal , Departamento Presidente Hayes , Paraguay ; † August 28, 2019 in Asunción ) was President of the South American Football Confederation Conmebol from 1986 to 2013 .

After he was confirmed in office at the association congress from 2011 to 2015, he resigned on April 23, 2013. From 1998 until his resignation, he was also a member of the FIFA Executive Committee . In 2002 he was awarded the FIFA Order of Merit.

During the investigation into the bankruptcy of the sports marketing company International Sport and Leisure , it became known that Leoz, in his position as a senior FIFA official, had accepted bribes from ISL between 1997 and 2000.

On June 3, 2015, Interpol named him, along with another FIFA official and four high-ranking FIFA officials, in a red notice to draw the authorities' attention to an impending extradition request from the USA in connection with the investigation of corruption allegations and to provide appropriate assistance request. Leoz was then placed under house arrest. He had a lawyer inform him that he was innocent and would oppose extradition to the United States.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ South America's soccer godfather is dead. In: Spiegel Online , August 29, 2019. Accessed August 30, 2019.
  2. ↑ DPA: Paraguayan Nicolás Leoz resigns from the FIFA executive. Zeit Online, April 23, 2013, accessed April 28, 2013 .
  3. ↑ LEOZ Nicolas. FIFA, accessed October 27, 2011 .
  4. ↑ List of FIFA Order of Merit recipients , accessed on October 25, 2012 (PDF; 71 kB)
  5. ^ Dirt on the ball , Le Monde diplomatique, June 11, 2010
  6. ↑ Sepp Blatter linked with US inquiry as Interpol issues alert for Fifa executives - live updates in: The Guardian , June 3, 2015, accessed June 3, 2015
  7. ↑ Pedro Servin: Paraguay's Senate votes to end soccer confederation immunity . Associated Press , June 11, 2015, accessed the same day.
personal data
SURNAME Leoz, Nicolás
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leoz Almirón, Nicolás (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Paraguayan football official
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Pirizal , Paraguay
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 2019
Place of death Asunción , Paraguay