Nicolás Leoz
Musical Artist
1928 –
Who is Nicolás Leoz?
Nicolás Leoz Almirón was President of CONMEBOL between 1986 and 2013. Leoz assumed the presidency in 1986 and in February 2006, he was reelected as President for a sixth term. He is Paraguayan and he received Colombian citizenship in 2008. On April 23, 2013, Leoz resigned from both the FIFA Executive Committee and the CONMEBOL presidency, citing health issues.
Before his position as President of CONMEBOL, Leoz was President of the Justice Department of the Paraguayan Basketball Confederation, President of Paraguayan Soccer Club Libertad, President of the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol and Vice President of CONMEBOL.
In November 2010 he was alleged by the BBC to have taken bribes in the 1990s regarding the awarding of World Cup television rights.
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- Born
- Sep 10, 1928
Paraguay - Also known as
- Nicolas Leoz
- Education
- Universidad Nacional de Asunción
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on July 23, 2013
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