Former Spanish soccer president Angel Maria Villar was changed by Luis Rubiales in 2017 however now faces costs over alleged corruption and embezzlement.
Spain’s public prosecutor’s workplace has referred to as for a 15 and a half yr jail sentence for former Spanish soccer federation president Angel Maria Villar for alleged corruption and embezzlement.
Contracts organized below Villar between 2007 and 2017 are stated to have defrauded the federation of greater than $4.84m.
Eight persons are implicated within the case, together with Villar’s son Gorka, for whom the prosecution is asking for a seven-year jail sentence, and former Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) vp Juan Padron.
Villar was suspended from his role as president in 2017 due to his alleged involvement in what has change into referred to as the Soule case, after 29 years main the federation.
In Thursday’s indictment seen by information company AFP, Villar is accused of embezzlement, enterprise corruption, misappropriation of funds and the falsification of paperwork.
The previous president is meant to have benefitted himself and his son by arranging pleasant matches with the Spanish nationwide staff and creating contracts round them.
Prosecutors stated Villar selected sure opponents for Spain with a purpose to revenue, “coinciding with the rise in status and consequently the cachet of (the nationwide staff), derived from its triumphs within the 2008 and 2012 European Championships and the 2010 FIFA World Cup”.
The matches suspected of getting been organized to profit Villar and his son have been friendlies in opposition to South Korea, Chile, Venezuela, Peru and Colombia.
Villar was succeeded by Luis Rubiales, who resigned in shame in 2023 after forcibly kissing Women’s World Cup player Jenni Hermoso, throughout a crisis-hit spell for the federation.
Pedro Rocha took over briefly however was suspended for overstepping his duties earlier than Rafael Louzan was elected the brand new RFEF president in December 2024.
