Yon de Luisa Plazas (born 7 April, 1970) is the president of the

Mexican Football Federation The Mexican Football Federation (; abbreviated as Femexfut or FMF) is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It adm the Mexico national team, the Liga MX and all affiliated amateur sectors, and controls promoting, organizing, dire ...

(FMF) since 2018, former Vice President of

Televisa Deportes TUDN (formerly Televisa Deportes) is a division of the Mexican television broadcaster Televisa that produces sports programming for Las Estrellas, Canal 5, Nueve, Foro TV and the TUDN TV channel. On July 20, 2019, Televisa Deportes was re ...

and former President of

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional association football, football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier ...

. He is also the Mexico bid director of the United 2026 FIFA World Cup bid.

Education

De Luisa obtained his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana and MBA from the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

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

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and

CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; types ...

events, serving as a general coordinator and directing the local organizing committee of the

2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the fourteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, and the eleventh played since the change in age limits from under 16s to Under 17s in 1991. It was held in Mexico with games being played amongst various venues ...

in Mexico. De Luisa was elected unanimously by the board of the FMF during the

2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting righ ...

in Russia, after serving as the Vice President of Sports for Grupo Televisa, the World Cup official broadcaster. He was responsible for all sports programming and broadcasting for the

on Open Air TV, TDN,

Estadio Azteca Estadio Azteca () is a multi-purpose stadium located in Mexico City. It is the official home of Association football, football clubs Club América and Cruz Azul as well as the Mexico national football team. The stadium sits at an altitude of a ...

and Club America. De Luisa is serving in the

FIFA Council The FIFA Council (formerly the FIFA Executive Committee) is an institution of FIFA (the governing body of association football, futsal and beach football). It is the main decision-making body of the organization in the intervals of FIFA Congress. ...

since 23 October 2021. He is the Mexico bid director and member of the executive team in the United 2026 committee.

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