Eugenio Figueredo

{{short description|Uruguayan footballer and executive (born 1932)}}

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|birth_name = Eugenio Hermes Figueredo Aguerre

|birth_place = Santa Lucía, Uruguay

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|nationality = Uruguayan, American

|occupation = football player, executive

|title = President of CONMEBOL

|term = 2013–2014

|predecessor = Nicolás Leoz

|successor = Juan Ángel Napout

|spouse =María del Carmen Burgos

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Eugenio Hermes Figueredo Aguerre (born 10 March 1932 in Santa Lucía, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan and American[http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/figueredo-dijo-demencia-no-prueba.html De la demencia con el inglés, a los US$ 110 millones de soborno {{in lang|es}}] association football executive and former footballer.{{cite web |url=http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/futbol/figueredo-es-el-nuevo-presidente.html |title=Figueredo to preside CONMEBOL |date=2013-04-30 |publisher=Ovación Digital - EL PAIS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601131855/http://www.ovaciondigital.com.uy/futbol/figueredo-es-el-nuevo-presidente.html| archive-date=1 June 2013|url-status=dead}} {{in lang|es}} In May 2015, he was banned by FIFA Ethics Committee.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/29/sports/soccer/questions-and-answers-about-the-fifa-case-one-day-after.html?_r=0 |title=The FIFA Case: Questions, Answers and Updates |date=2015-05-28 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2016-08-30 }}

Biography

As a footballer, Figueredo played for Huracan Buceo as a right-half. He went on to serve as its president between 1971 and 1972, and again between 1976 and 77.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34282632|title=Fifa suspect Eugenio Figueredo faces extradition to US|website=BBC News|date=17 September 2015|access-date=24 September 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.conmebol.com/sites/default/files/revista137.pdf|title=CONMEBOL Revista No. 137|date=May–June 2013|access-date=24 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022726/http://www.conmebol.com/sites/default/files/revista137.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.180.com.uy/articulo/55552_eugenio-el-malo-que-antes-era-bueno| title=Eugenio, el malo que antes era bueno| language=Spanish|date=27 May 2015|last=Muñoz| first=Diego| website=180.com.uy|access-date=24 September 2017}}

From 1997–2006, he presided over the Uruguayan Football Association, and from 1993 until 2013 he was vice president of CONMEBOL. In April 2013 he replaced Nicolás Leoz as President.

On 27 May 2015, Figueredo was arrested in Switzerland as the result of an FBI investigation into corruption in FIFA.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/27/sports/soccer/fifa-officials-face-corruption-charges-in-us.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=b-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news|title=FIFA Officials Face Corruption Charges in US |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2015-05-27|last1=Apuzzo |first1=Matt |last2=Clifford |first2=Stephanie |last3=Rashbaum |first3=William K. }} In addition, the FIFA Ethics Committee found Figueredo to be guilty of taking bribes in 2004 and 2015 in connection with trade agreements for South American tournaments. He was fined one million Swiss francs ($1 million).{{Cite web|date=2019-10-02|title=Former FIFA Vice-President Eugenio Figueredo Banned For Life|url=https://www.withinnigeria.com/2019/10/02/former-fifa-vice-president-eugenio-figueredo-banned-for-life/|access-date=2020-11-18|website=Within Nigeria|language=en-US}} Both Uruguay and the United States sought his extradition. He agreed to be extradited to Uruguay and was sent there on 24 December 2015.{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.afp.com/en/news/fifa-ex-vp-figueredo-extradited-uruguay |title=FIFA ex-VP Figueredo extradited to Uruguay |publisher=AFP |date=24 December 2015 |access-date=30 December 2015 }} {{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Figueredo was kept under house arrest in Uruguay. He was released from house arrest in December 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/blog-fifa/story/3312555/ex-conmebol-chief-figueredo-released-amid-fraud-and-money-laundering-case-lawyer|title = Ex-CONMEBOL chief Figueredo released - lawyer|date = 15 December 2017}}

On 2 October 2019, Figueredo was found guilty of bribery by the Ethics Committee and sanctioned with a ban for life on participating in any football-related activity.{{Cite web|title=Adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee sanctions Eugenio Figueredo|url=https://www.fifa.com/media-releases/adjudicatory-chamber-of-the-independent-ethics-committee-sanctions-eugenio-figue|access-date=2021-08-06|website=|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2019-10-02|title=Former CONMEBOL vice-president Eugenio Figueredo latest official to receive life-ban from football, announces FIFA|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/former-conmebol-vice-president-eugenio-figueredo-latest-official-to-receive-life-ban-from-football-announces-fifa-7442231.html|access-date=2021-08-06|website=Firstpost}}{{Cite news |date=2015-09-17 |title=Fifa suspect Eugenio Figueredo faces extradition to US |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34282632 |access-date=2022-11-15}}