Juan Ángel Napout
Juan Ángel Napout Barreto | |
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Alejandro Dominguez |
Juan Ángel Napout Barreto (born 13 May 1958) is a
Biography
Napout was born on 13 May 1958 in Asunción, Paraguay.[2] In June 1989, at the age of 32, Napout became the President of the Paraguayan football club Cerro Porteño.[2] From 2007 to 2014, Napout was President of the Paraguayan Football Association.[3]
Napout succeeded Eugenio Figueredo as President of CONMEBOL in August 2014 on an interim basis.[3] On 4 March 2015 he was re-elected for a full term as President of CONMEBOL and was also appointed Vice-President of FIFA.[2][3]
Napout was arrested in Zürich on 3 December 2015 on charges of accepting bribes.[4][5] On 11 December 2015 Napout resigned as President of CONMEBOL and was succeeded in interim capacity by Wilmar Valdez.[6]
After his arrest Napout agreed to extradition and appeared before a federal judge in New York on 15 December 2015 and declared himself not guilty on the five charges brought against him. He was afterwards released on bail.[7] His trial commenced in November 2017.[8] He was accused by U.S. authorities of racketeering conspiracy as well as wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy. The U.S. assistant attorney stated he requested and accepted bribes.[9] On 22 December 2017 Napout was found guilty on three counts of racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy.[10] On 29 August 2018, Napout was sentenced to nine years in prison.[11]
In November 2017, investigations of the
In September 2019, FIFA banned Napout for life.[15][16]
In popular culture
Agustín Moya portrayed Napout in the 2020 Amazon Prime Video original series El Presidente.
References
- ^ "Fifa suspends Juan Ángel Napout and Alfredo Hawit for 90 days". The Guardian. 4 December 2015. Archived from the original on 5 December 2015.
- ^ a b c "Juan Ángel Napout Barreto". CONMEBOL. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "Napout re-elected as CONMEBOL president". Yahoo News via AFP. 4 March 2015.
- ^ "Police swoop on Fifa stronghold Baur au Lac hotel - for the second time this year". The Telegraph. 3 December 2015.
- ^ "Napout está acusado de cobrar coimas por u$s7,5 millones". Infobae (in Spanish). 29 May 2015.
- ^ "Juan Angel Napout resigns as CONMEBOL president". ESPN. 11 December 2015.
- ^ "Escándalo FIFA: Juan Ángel Napout pagó USD 20 millones de fianza y tendrá arresto domiciliario". Infobae (in Spanish). 15 December 2015.
- ^ "FIFA bribery trial due to kick off in New York court". Reuters. 6 November 2017.
- ^ Rebecca R. Ruiz (13 November 2017). "FIFA Trial Opens With References to Cash Drops and Bag Men". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "2 Top Soccer Officials Found Guilty in FIFA Case". The New York Times. 22 December 2017. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017.
- ^ Tom Hays (29 August 2018). "Ex-South American soccer official gets prison sentence".
- ^ (in Spanish) Dinero de sobornos, transferidos por esposa de Juan Ángel Napout, Eluniverso, 6 November 2017
- ^ (in Spanish) Juan Ángel Napout aparece en 'Paradise Papers' el mismo día que se inicia su juicio por los sobornos del 'FIFA Gate', Notimerica.com, 8 November 2017
- ^ (in Spanish) El soborno musical que recibió Juan Ángel Napout, ex presidente de la Conmebol, por parte de la empresa Full Play, Infobae.com, 20 November 2017
- ^ "FIFA bans jailed soccer official Napout for life for bribery". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ "Ex-Paraguay FA boss banned for life by FIFA". ESPN.com. 2019-09-12. Retrieved 2023-03-06.