Sergio Jadue

Sergio Elías Jadue Jadue (La Calera, 26 April 1979) is the former president of the National Association of Professional Football of Chile (ANFP) and second vice president of the Conmebol.[1] He pleaded guilty on the 2015 FIFA corruption case.[2] In May 2016, Jadue was banned for life by the FIFA Ethics Committee.[3]

Sergio Jadue
Born
Sergio Cortés Jadue

(1979-04-26) 26 April 1979
Diedstill alive
still alive
NationalityChilean
Known forFormer president of Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional

Biography

He was born as Sergio Cortés Jadue in the commune of La Calera in 1979. He studied in the Rafael Ariztía Institute of Quillota, and finished his high school in the Colegio Paideia. Then, he studied in three private universities; Adolfo Ibáñez, Del Mar and De Las Américas, and he completed pregraduate studies in Law but never got the Law degree. He adopted his matriname as first surname.[4]

In 2007, he assumed as president of the Unión La Calera Corporation, and some months later he replaced Daniel Cortez in the club's Board. In June 2009 he was appointed President of the Board of Unión La Calera FC, after the resignation of Jorge Fuenzalida. In his management, Unión La Calera was promoted, after 26 years, to the Campeonato Nacional, Chile's top division.[5]

President of Chile's football
Jadue with president Michelle Bachelet.

On 7 January 2011, Sergio Jadue was elected president of the ANFP, defeating the list led by Ernesto Corona by 27 votes against 21, with a wide support of the clubs of the Campeonato Nacional. The new directive headed by Jadue, assumed on 14 January, replacing Harold Mayne-Nicholls.[6] Marcelo Bielsa, coach of the Chile national football team, submitted his resignation in February of the same year, due to differences with Jadue, and was replaced by Claudio Borghi.[7]

During his term, FIFA selected Chile's bid to host the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

On 14 November 2012, ANFP fired Borghi and hired Jorge Sampaoli, then coach of the Club Universidad de Chile. With Sampaoli as coach, the Chilean team qualified to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and won its first Copa América in 2015.

In late 2014 he assumed for a new term as president of ANFP, that began in January 2015.[8] On 24 October 2014 he was appointed president of Competitions of CONMEBOL.[9] In November 2015, he resigned the presidency of the ANFP for being involved on the 2015 FIFA corruption case, assuming Jaime Baeza as interim president.[10] Then he traveled to United States for pleading guilty to charges of racketeering and wire fraud conspiracy.[2]

Sergio Jadue's career and his role in the 2015 FIFA corruption case are the subject of the Prime Video original series El Presidente, a sports drama which premiered in June 2020. Colombian actor Andrés Parra portrays Jadue in the series.[11]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  2. "Fifa arrests: Two Fifa vice-presidents detained at Zurich hotel". BBC News Online. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  3. Homewood, Brian (6 May 2016). "Life bans for ex-South America FA duo Jadue, Bedoya". Reuters. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  4. «La controvertida ruta de Jadue hacia la ANFP».
  5. "Que Pasa". Archived from the original on 24 June 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  6. "Sergio Jadue se convirtió en el nuevo presidente de la ANFP". Emol.com. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  7. "Marcelo Bielsa deja la selección chilena". Sportimes. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "CONMEBOL DESIGNÓ A SERGIO JADUE COMO PRESIDENTE DE SU ÁREA DE COMPETICIONES". ANFP.
  10. "Jaime Baeza oficializa renuncia de Jadue, aceptada de forma "unánime"". La Tercera. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  11. ""El Presidente": La serie que retratará los escándalos de Sergio Jadue al mando de la ANFP". El Desconcierto.
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