El Presidente (stylized as EL PRE$IDENTE) is a Chilean drama television series created by Armando Bó. It is based on the 2015 FIFA corruption case and is focused in the former president of ANFP Sergio Jadue, played by Colombian actor Andrés Parra. The first 8-episode season was released on June 5, 2020, on the streaming service Amazon Prime Video. An English dub of the series was released on November 6, 2020.
The second 8-episode season, marketed with the subtitle Jogo da Corrupção (The Corruption Game in English), was released on November 4, 2022.
Plot Season 1's story revolves around Sergio Jadue and his rise from president of Unión La Calera to president of the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP). He becomes close to Julio Grondona, president of the Argentine Football Association at the time, and starts gaining power among the executives of CONMEBOL before being approached by an FBI Agent to assist in her investigation of money laundering and corruption towards these CONMEBOL executives.
Season 2's story revolves around João Havelange and how he turned FIFA from a simple sports organization into an international powerhouse. He usurps power from the Europeans and holds on to it for almost three decades.
Production Filming occurred in Talagante, Peñaflor, La Calera, La Pintana, Santiago de Chile, Luque, Buenos Aires and New York, among other locations.
Cast Season 1 ActorRoleNotesAndrés Parra Sergio Jadue ANFP President.Lo que sabemos de El Presidente, la serie que cuenta la historia de Sergio JadueKarla Souza Lisa Harris, alias «Rosario» FBI Agent, who uses Jadue to conduct her investigation on the FIFA GatePaulina Gaitán María Inés «Nené» Facuse Sergio Jadue's wifeAna ReevesFátima EltitSergio Jadue's GrandmotherLuis MarganiJulio GrondonaPresident of the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino.Alberto AjakaJashir AlabiSergio Jadue's right-hand manLuis Gnecco Luis BedoyaPresident of the Federación Colombiana de Fútbol.Daniel Muñoz Jorge Segovia President of SEK Group that controls Unión EspañolaFrancisco ReyesCristián VarelaDirector of Blanco y Negro S.A., representative of Colo-ColoGonzalo RoblesRafael Esquivel President of the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol Sergio HernándezEugenio Figueredo Vicepresident and FIFA Executive MemberAlejandro TrejoJose Maria Marin President of Brazilian Football ConfederationJean Pierre NoherJosé HawillaFounder and President of Traffic Group, owner of the South American soccer TV rightsFederico LissMariano JinkisFounder and board member of Full Play Group, company that purchased the TV rights from CONMEBOL in 2013Cristóbal TapiaDave SummerfieldFBI Agent
Season 2
ActorRoleNotesAndrés Parra Sergio Jadue ANFP President, Season 2's narratorAlbano Jerónimo João Havelange President of Confederação Brasileira de DesportosMaria Fernanda Cândido Anna Maria Havelange / Isabel João Havelange's wifeEduardo MoscovisCastor de AndradeBicheiro, Havelange's allyBukassa KabengeleYidnekatchew TessemaPresident of CAFGuilherme PratesRicardo TeixeiraHavelange's son-in-law, Vitória's husbandNelson Freitas Humberto Castelo Branco / Emílio Médici / Ernesto Geisel Presidents of BrazilLeandro Firmino Sivoca Castor de Andrade's right-hand manAnna BrewsterFaye BossardAssistant to the President of FIFABruno BebiannoCédric Havelange João's younger brother Craig StevensonStanley Rous President of FIFA, serving from 1961 to 1974Demétrio Nascimento AlvesPelé Brazilian footballerFabio Aste Teófilo SalinasPresident of Federación Peruana de FutbolJuan AlariPaco Lopez GilPresident of Real Federación Española de FútbolPhilippe Jacq Helmut KäserGeneral Secretary of FIFAPolliana AleixoVitória HavelangeJoão's daughter
Recurring cast Season 1 Agustín Moya as Juan Ángel Napout, el President of CONMEBOL and vice president 1º of FIFA. Víctor Rojas as Luis Chiriboga, President of Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol. Jaime Omeñaca as Carlos Chávez Landívar, President of Federación Boliviana de Fútbol. Felipe Armas as Jaime Estévez, President of Club Deportivo Universidad Católica. Paulo Brunetti as Alejandro Burzaco, President of TyC (Torneos y Competencias). José Grünewald as El kiosquero in La Calera. Katyna Huberman as Olivia, lawyer and friend of "Nené" Blanca Lewin as Sofía Díaz, journalist of "El Andino" Adriano Castillo as waitress chief in Luque, Paraguay Millaray Lobos as Cecilia Domínguez, secretary of Sergio Jadue Antonia Giesen as Fanny, friend of Rosario Horacio Games as João Havelange, ex president of FIFA between 1974 and 1998 Ignacia Uribe as Sara, cell phone thief Abián Vainstein as Joseph Blatter Heinz Krattiger as FIFA employee, righthand of Joseph Blatter Alejandro Bracho as Chuck Blazer, FIFA executive committee member Cristián García-Huidobro as José Yuraszeck, manager of Azul Azul, in charge of Universidad de Chile. Marcela Osorio as Neusa Marin, Luis Chiriboga's wife Tatiana Molina as Tania Hurtado Maricarmen Arrigorriaga as Martha Herrera Nicolás Poblete as journalist Heidrun Breier as Ruth, Swiss police Bastián Bodenhöfer as French detective Steevens Benjamin as security doorman Javier Bacchetta as Ciro Cesar Silva
Season 2 Lourinelson Vladmir as João Saldanha, Brazilian journalist and football manager Fabio Alberti as Augusto Raúl Juárez, Argentinian admiral Veruska Souza as Irene Marianna Armellini as Larissa, Isabel's lawyer friend and feminist Soren Hellerup as Adi Dassler, founder of Adidas Federico Salles as Horst Dassler, Adi Dassler's son Caroline Abras as Lena Dassler, Adi Dassler's daughter Isadora Ferrite as Dorinha, João and Isabel's maid Carlos Takeshi as Oé Kitana, President of Japan Football Association Hoji Fortuna as Jacques Ashanti Favio Posca as Jorge Rafael Videla Manuel Ossenkopf as Joseph Blatter Agustina Giovio as Barbara Käser, Helmut's daughter Joaquín Berthold as Armin Dassler, Horst and Lena's cousin and rival Ignacio Cawen as Johan Cruyff
Episodes Series overview
Season 1 (2020)
Season 2 (2022)
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