Ignacio Alonso
Ignacio Alonso | |
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Born | Ignacio Alonso Labat (1978-08-02) 2 August 1978 (age 46)[1] Montevideo, Uruguay |
Occupation(s) | Member, FIFA Council |
Ignacio Alonso Labat (born 2 August 1978), is a Uruguayan sports administrator and economist who is the president of the Uruguayan Football Association and the member of the FIFA Council since 2019.[2]
Biography
Ignacio Alonso was born in Montevideo on 2 August 1978.
He graduated as an economist from the University of the Republic. He worked as an agricultural producer.[2]
His activity at the level of sports leadership begins in Rampla Juniors, the painting of his loves, where he is a member of the Heritage Commission.[2] He later joined the Executive Board of the AUF during the presidency of Sebastián Bauzá; and by Wilmar Valdez.[2]
He also had a brief walk through politics, as a sports advisor to candidate Luis Lacalle Pou in 2014.[2]
In February 2019, Alonso announced his candidacy for the presidency of the Uruguayan Football Association,.[3] a position for which he is officially elected the following month.[2] He plans to lead an organization in a "re-founding" period with the entry into force of a new statute.[4] He is also elected to the FIFA Council in 2019.[1]
He is the second youngest president to assume this position after the record is held by Héctor Rivadavia Gómez, who took office in 1907 when he was only 27 years old.[5]
References
- ^ a b FIFA.com. "FIFA Council Members". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
- ^ a b c d e f "¿Quién es Ignacio Alonso?". Ovación Digital. 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Ignacio Alonso confirma candidatura a la Presidencia de la AUF". Fútbol.uy. 28 February 2019.
- ^ "El flamante presidente de la AUF". Telenoche. 22 March 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
- ^ "Entrevista al Ec. Alonso". Tenfield. 10 November 2015.
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