Yon de Luisa

Yon de Luisa Plazas (born 7 April, 1970) is the president of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) since 2018, former Vice President of Televisa Deportes and former President of Club América. He is also the Mexico bid director of the United 2026 FIFA World Cup bid.

Yon de Luisa
President of the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol
Assumed office
July 15, 2018
Personal details
Born (1970-04-07) 7 April 1970
Mexico City, Mexico
EducationUniversidad Iberoamericana, University of Texas at Austin.
Occupationsports executives

Education

De Luisa obtained his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana and MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Career

Prior to his career in sports management, De Luisa worked in the Banamex and was general manager of the finance sector for the Stock Exchange in Mexico City.

De Luisa spent 15 years working within the sports organization in South America. During that time, he was involved in managing soccer teams as an operating manager, participating in FIFA and CONCACAF events, serving as a general coordinator and directing the local organizing committee of the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico.[1]

De Luisa was elected unanimously by the board of the FMF during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, after serving as the Vice President of Sports for Grupo Televisa, the World Cup official broadcaster.[2] He was responsible for all sports programming and broadcasting for the Televisa Deportes on Open Air TV, TDN, Estadio Azteca and Club America.[3]

De Luisa is serving in the FIFA Council since 23 October 2021.[4] He is the Mexico bid director and member of the executive team in the United 2026 committee.[5]

Notes
  1. "Yon de Luisa | Advisor | Soccerex". www.soccerex.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  2. "Yon de Luisa Plazas". The Business Year. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  3. "Yon de Luisa". World Football Summit. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  4. "FIFA Council". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  5. Howson, Peter. The Business Year: Mexico 2020. The Business Year.


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