page_title: Nicolás Leoz
hierarchical_section_title: Nicolás Leoz
caption_attribution_description: English: The Doctor Nicolás Leoz, President of South American Football Confederation, since 1986. Español: El Doctor Nicolás Leoz, Presidente de la Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol, desde 1986.
context_page_description: Nicolás Leoz Almirón was President of CONMEBOL from 1986 to 2013. Leoz assumed the presidency in 1986 and in February 2006, he was reelected as President for a sixth term. He was Paraguayan and 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.
  In May 2015, Leoz was banned by FIFA Ethics Committee.
context_section_description: Nicolás Leoz Almirón (10 September 1928 – 28 August 2019) was President of CONMEBOL (South American Football Confederation) from 1986 to 2013. Leoz assumed the presidency in 1986 (succeeding Teófilo Salinas Fuller) and in February 2006, he was reelected as President for a sixth term. He was Paraguayan and 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 (1957–1959), President of Paraguayan Soccer Club Libertad (1969–1970 and 1974–1977), President of the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (1971–1973 and 1979–1985) and Vice President of CONMEBOL (1972–1974 and 1980–1986).
  In November 2010 he was alleged by the BBC to have taken bribes in the 1990s regarding the awarding of World Cup television rights.
  In May 2015, Leoz was banned by FIFA Ethics Committee.
caption: Nicolás Leoz
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