Sergio Jadue

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jadue and the second or maternal family name is Jadue.
Sergio Jadue
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Born
Sergio Cortés Jadue

(1979-04-26) 26 April 1979 (age 45)
NationalityChilean
Known forFormer president of Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional

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]

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.

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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 Switzerland on 27 May 2015 the FBI detained five senior FIFA officials accused of corruption, bribery and money laundering in the governing body of international football. The allegations included bribes in the amount of $1.5 million to Jadue for securing television rights to the next four Copa Américas. Datisa Company totaled $100 million in 2013, giving $3 million to the president of CONMEBOL and the presidents of the Brazilian and Argentine associations; 1.5 million to the other seven presidents of the Confederacy Alliance, including Jadue, and $500,000 to another CONMEBOL official.[10]

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.[11] Then he traveled to United States to make a plea deal with the FBI in FIFA’s corruption investigation[12] and for pleading guilty to charges of racketeering and wire fraud conspiracy.[2]

On 6 May 2016, the FIFA Ethics Committee suspended him as well as Colombian coach Luis Bedoya for a lifetime from all football-related activities. According to Hans-Joachim Eckert, chairman of the Ethic Committee of FIFA , they both "requested and received bribes from companies related to the rights of Copa Libertadores and Copa América Centenario".[13]

Sergio Jadue's career and his role in the 2015 FIFA corruption case are the subject of the Amazon Prime Video original series El Presidente, a sports drama which premiered in June 2020. Colombian actor Andrés Parra portrays Jadue in the series.[14]

References

  1. ^ "EL COMITÉ EJECUTIVO | Conmebol.com". Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ a b "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.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Lista que encabeza Sergio Jadue es la única que se presentó para elecciones de la ANFP | Deportes | LA TERCERA". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  9. ^ "CONMEBOL DESIGNÓ A SERGIO JADUE COMO PRESIDENTE DE SU ÁREA DE COMPETICIONES". ANFP.
  10. ^ S.A.P, El Mercurio (27 May 2015). "Escándalo de la FIFA salpica a Sergio Jadue y la próxima Copa América 2015 | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Jaime Baeza oficializa renuncia de Jadue, aceptada de forma "unánime"". La Tercera. 18 November 2015. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  12. ^ S.A.P, El Mercurio (19 November 2015). "Jadue se declaró culpable ante justicia de EE.UU. y arriesga hasta 5 años con libertad vigilada | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  13. ^ "FIFA bans for 2 South American officials for life". News24. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  14. ^ ""El Presidente": La serie que retratará los escándalos de Sergio Jadue al mando de la ANFP". El Desconcierto.