Alfredo Hawit Banegas (born 8 October 1951) is a Honduran lawyerFIFA.com and former footballer. He is the head of the National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras and was made the interim head of CONCACAF on 4 June 2011.
Club career As a player, he played professional football for Honduran club sides Progreso, Club Deportivo Olimpia and F.C. Motagua. He scored 11 goals for them altogether.Desafíe a Ismale – La Prensa He is one of only few Honduran players who made his debut for a senior side, aged only 15.Platense hace debutar al más joven en la historia de la Liga Nacional – Diez
Football Federation Career Hawit, having seen Jack Warner's reign as CONCACAF President last twenty one years, proposed that the CONCACAF president should be able to serve only one four year-term at a time and for the Caribbean Football Union, UNCAF and North American Football Union to nominate the president on a rotary basis. He was an interim president of CONCACAF.Alfredo Hawit, presidente interino de Concacaf – El Heraldo
After the arrest of Jeffrey Webb on 27 May 2015, Hawit was made president of CONCACAF. Hawit himself was then arrested on corruption charges on 3 Dec 2015 in the Baur au Lac hotel in Zürich. On 4 December 2015 he was banned for 90 days by the FIFA Ethics Committee. Hawit was found guilty of four conspiracy counts in the sweeping FIFA bribery scandal in April 2016.
In December 2016, the FIFA Ethics Committee banned Hawit for life from all football-related activities.
Personal life Hawit is one of six children of Alfredo Hawit and Emilia Banegas. He spend his childhood in El Progreso, Honduras.Encuentro y regocijo – La Prensa He is married to María del Carmen Asfura.Cumpleaños de Alfredo Hawit – La Tribuna
References
External links Organisation – FENAFUTH