Argentina has regained its place at FIFA: "Chiqui" Tapia will be a member of the board of directors of the entity

The death of Julio Humberto Grondona had left Argentina without any weight in the FIFA . The vice-president who was Joseph Blatter's right-hand man had no heirs and the scandals surrounding the corruption cases led to the resignation of the highest Swiss leader.

The brief intervention of Luis Segura until 2016 leaves no legacy and, with the arrival of Gianni Infantino a new order is established in the parent company. of football, since the majority of those involved in the FIFA Porte have left office recently. One of them was Wilmar Valdez one of four members of the Council of the international institution, who resigned because of & # 39; He was plunged into wiretaps related to the investigation.

The former President of the Uruguayan Football Federation has been in office since 2016 and his term of office extended until 2020 . In this context, Conmebol improvised a Extraordinary Congress in in Bolivia and replaced it by Claudio Tapia .

The initiative to add the holder of AFA of the South American institution unanimously, plans to hold a second congress to validate the Chiqui until 2020 year of the end of the cycle of Valdez .

The South American Football Confederation – CONMEBOL – held an extraordinary congress on Friday morning, in accordance with the convocation made by the Council at its meeting on 17 September in La Paz, Bolivia.

the powers and provisions of articles 22.1 and 43.4 of the CONMEBOL Statutes, the Congress, by resolution, founded and unanimously expresses the mandate of Mr. Wilmar Valdez as Representative of CONMEBOL to the Council of FIFA. The revocation takes effect immediately.

In view of this resolution, which is of vital importance for the representation before the FIFA Council, the FIFA Administrative Council on that date asked for the appointment of Mr Claudio Tapia, substitute for the acting position.

CONMEBOL will launch the relevant processes for the convening of the Congress in order to occupy the vacant post permanently in accordance with the current regulations of FIFA and this Confederation.