Alfredo Hawit Banegas (born 8 October 1951) is a Honduran lawyer and former footballer. He is the head of the National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras and was made the interim head of

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on 4 June 2011.

Club career

As a player, he played professional football for Honduran club sides Progreso,

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and F.C. Motagua. He scored 11 goals for them altogether. He is one of only few Honduran players who made his debut for a senior side, aged only 15.

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

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and

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to nominate the president on a rotary basis. He was an interim president of

. After the arrest of Jeffrey Webb on 27 May 2015, Hawit was made president of

. Hawit himself was then arrested on corruption charges on 3 Dec 2015 in the Baur au Lac hotel in

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. On 4 December 2015 he was banned for 90 days by the

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. 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 El Progreso () is a city, with a population of 120,600 (2023 calculation), and a municipality located in the Honduran Departments of Honduras, department of Yoro (department), Yoro. Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport of San Pedro Su ...

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. He is married to María del Carmen Asfura.Cumpleaños de Alfredo Hawit
– La Tribuna

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– FENAFUTH {{DEFAULTSORT:Hawit, Alfredo Presidents of CONCACAF 1951 births Living people Honduran men's footballers Honduran people of Palestinian descent C.D. Olimpia players F.C. Motagua players 20th-century Honduran lawyers Men's association football midfielders Association football executives People from Yoro Department