List of Presidents of CONMEBOL

Last updated
President of CONMEBOL
Incumbent
Alejandro Dominguez

since January 2016
Term length Four years
Inaugural holder Héctor Rivadavia Gómez
Formation9 July 1916

The following is a list of presidents of CONMEBOL , the South American association football governing body.

CONMEBOL governing body of association football in South America

The South American Football Confederation is the continental governing body of football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Paraguay, near Asunción. CONMEBOL is responsible for the organization and governance of South American football's major international tournaments. With 10 member football associations, it has the fewest members of all the confederations in FIFA.

Association football Team field sport

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field called a pitch with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into the opposing goal.

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Presidents of CONMEBOL

PresidencyNameTook officeLeft officeTenureNationality
1 Héctor Rivadavia Gómez 9 July 191619269–10Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
2 Luis O. Salesi 1926193912–13Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
3 Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla 1939195515–16Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
4 Carlos Dittborn Pinto 195519571–2Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
5 José Ramos de Freitas 195719591–2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
6 Fermín Sorhueta 195919611–2Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
7 Raúl H. Colombo 196119664–5Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
8 Teófilo Salinas Fuller 1966198619–20Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
9 Nicolás Léoz 1986April 201326–27Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
10 Eugenio Figueredo April 2013August 20140–1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
11 Juan Ángel Napout August 2014 (interim)
4 March 2015 (permanent)
11 December 20151 year, 132 daysFlag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
interim Wilmar Valdez 11 December 2015January 201621 daysFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
12 Alejandro Domínguez January 2016Incumbent3 years, 133 daysFlag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay

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