President of CONMEBOL | |
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Term length | Four years |
Inaugural holder | Héctor Rivadavia Gómez |
Formation | 9 July 1916 |
The following is a list of presidents of CONMEBOL , the South American association football governing body.
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, 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.
Presidency | Name | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Nationality |
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1 | Héctor Rivadavia Gómez | 9 July 1916 | 1926 | 9–10 | |
2 | Luis O. Salesi | 1926 | 1939 | 12–13 | |
3 | Luis Valenzuela Hermosilla | 1939 | 1955 | 15–16 | |
4 | Carlos Dittborn Pinto | 1955 | 1957 | 1–2 | |
5 | José Ramos de Freitas | 1957 | 1959 | 1–2 | |
6 | Fermín Sorhueta | 1959 | 1961 | 1–2 | |
7 | Raúl H. Colombo | 1961 | 1966 | 4–5 | |
8 | Teófilo Salinas Fuller | 1966 | 1986 | 19–20 | |
9 | Nicolás Léoz | 1986 | April 2013 | 26–27 | |
10 | Eugenio Figueredo | April 2013 | August 2014 | 0–1 | |
11 | Juan Ángel Napout | August 2014 (interim) 4 March 2015 (permanent) | 11 December 2015 | 1 year, 132 days | |
interim | Wilmar Valdez | 11 December 2015 | January 2016 | 21 days | |
12 | Alejandro Domínguez | January 2016 | Incumbent | 3 years, 133 days |
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