''El Presidente'' (stylized as ''EL PRE$IDENTE'') is a Chilean

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television series created by

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. It is based on the

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and is focused in the former president of ANFP

Sergio Jadue Sergio Elías Jadue Jadue ( La Calera, 26 April 1979) is the former president of the National Association of Professional Football of Chile (ANFP) and second vice president of the Conmebol. He pleaded guilty on the 2015 FIFA corruption case. In ...

, played by Colombian actor

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. The first 8-episode season was released on June 5, 2020, on the

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. 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

and his rise from president of

Unión La Calera Unión La Calera is a Chilean football club based in La Calera, Chile. The club competes in the Primera División de Chile. It was founded as Club de Deportes La Calera on 26 January 1954, after the merger of three teams from the city: ''Condor' ...

to president of the

Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional The Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP) monitors all the conforming clubs and acts as the organizational body for professional competitions, governing the Primera División de Chile and Primera B (Chile), Primera B with 32 associa ...

(ANFP). He becomes close to

Julio Grondona Julio Humberto Grondona (18 September 1931 – 30 July 2014) was an Argentine football executive. He served as president of the Argentine Football Association (''Asociación del Fútbol Argentino'') from 1979 until his death in 2014. He also serv ...

, president of the

Argentine Football Association The Argentine Football Association (, ; AFA) is the governing body of football in Argentina based in Buenos Aires. It organises the main divisions of Argentine football league system, Argentine league system (from Argentine Primera División, Pri ...

at the time, and starts gaining power among the executives of

CONMEBOL CONMEBOL ( ) or CSF (; ; ), is the continental governing body of football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations. The oldest continental confederation in the world, its headquarters are located in Luque, Parag ...

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 Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid "João" de Havelange (, ; 8 May 1916 – 16 August 2016) was a Brazilian lawyer, businessman, and athlete who was the seventh president of FIFA from 1974 to 1998. His tenure as president is the second longest in ...

and how he turned

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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 Talagante () is a commune and the capital city of the province of the same name in the Santiago Metropolitan Region of central Chile. The word ''Talagante'' in Quechua comes from ''talacanta'', meaning "Lazo de Hechicero", which was the prope ...

, Peñaflor, La Calera, La Pintana,

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Luque Luque () is a city in Central Department of Paraguay, part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. Both 1635 and 1750 have been recorded as dates of its founding. It was temporarily the capital of Paraguay in 1868 during the Paraguayan War ...

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and

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, among other locations.

Cast

Season 1

Season 2

Recurring cast

Season 1

* Agustín Moya as

Juan Ángel Napout Juan Ángel Napout Barreto (born 13 May 1958) is a Paraguayan football executive and businessman. He was head of the Paraguayan Football Association from 2007 to 2014. Napout served as President of CONMEBOL from August 2014 until his resignation ...

, el President of

and vice president 1º of

. * Víctor Rojas as Luis Chiriboga, President of

Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol * Federación, Entre Ríos, Argentina * Federación Department, Argentina * Federación Municipality, Falcón State Falcón State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Coro. The state was named after Juan Crisóstomo ...

. * Jaime Omeñaca as Carlos Chávez Landívar, President of

Federación Boliviana de Fútbol The Bolivian Football Federation (, ; FBF) is the governing body of football in Bolivia. It was founded in 1925, making it the eighth oldest South American federation. It affiliated to CONMEBOL and FIFA in 1926 and is in charge of Bolivia nationa ...

. * Felipe Armas as Jaime Estévez, President of

Club Deportivo Universidad Católica Club Deportivo Universidad Católica, known as Universidad Católica, is a professional association football, football club based in Santiago, Chile. Founded in 1937 they play in the Chilean Primera División, Primera División, the top flight o ...

. * 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

, 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 *

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Chuck Blazer Charles Gordon Blazer (April 26, 1945 – July 12, 2017) was an American soccer administrator, who held a number of high level positions before becoming a government informant on widespread corruption within organized soccer and subsequently be ...

, FIFA executive committee member * Cristián García-Huidobro as José Yuraszeck, manager of Azul Azul, in charge of

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. *

Marcela Osorio Marcela Osorio Méndez (Valparaíso, Chile; May 11, 1964) is a Chilean film and television actress. Biography and career Marcela Osorio was born in the city of Valparaíso, in the homonymous province, Chile. At age 12, for political reasons, h ...

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 Bastián Lorenzo Bodenhöfer Alexander (Santiago, July 1, 1961) is a Chilean actor, theater director, musician and cultural manager. He served as cultural attaché of the Chile embassy in France between 2000 and 2002, during the government of p ...

as French detective * Steevens Benjamin as security doorman * Javier Bacchetta as Ciro Cesar Silva

Season 2

* Lourinelson Vladmir as

João Saldanha João Alves Jobin Saldanha (3 July 1917 – 12 July 1990) was a Brazilian journalism, journalist and association football, football manager. He coached the Brazil national football team during the South American Qualifying to the 1970 FIFA W ...

, 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

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* Federico Salles as

Horst Dassler Horst Dassler (12 March 1936 – 10 April 1987) was a German businessman. The son of Adolf "Adi" Dassler, founder of Adidas. Horst Dassler founded Arena, a swimwear company, and became chairman of Adidas, and at the time of his death it was the w ...

, Adi Dassler's son *

Caroline Abras Caroline Abras (born August 11, 1987 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian actress. Awards Won the best actress of the 2008 edition of the Festival do Rio for her role in '' Se Nada Mais Der Certo''. The actress had twice won the best actress award ...

as Lena Dassler, Adi Dassler's daughter * Isadora Ferrite as Dorinha, João and Isabel's maid * Carlos Takeshi as Oé Kitana, President of

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* Hoji Fortuna as Jacques Ashanti * Favio Posca as

Jorge Rafael Videla Jorge Rafael Videla ( ; ; 2 August 1925 – 17 May 2013) was an Argentine military officer and the ''de facto'' President of Argentina from 1976 to 1981, during the National Reorganization Process. His rule, which was during the time of Operati ...

* Manuel Ossenkopf as Joseph Blatter * Agustina Giovio as Barbara Käser, Helmut's daughter * Joaquín Berthold as

Armin Dassler Armin Dassler (15 March 1929 – 10 October 1990) was the son of Rudolf Dassler, German founder of the sportswear company Puma and nephew of Adidas founder, Adolf "Adi" Dassler. Under his father's direction, Puma remained a small provincial c ...

, Horst and Lena's cousin and rival * Ignacio Cawen as

Johan Cruyff Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016), internationally known as Johan Cruyff (), was a Dutch professional Association football, football player and Manager (association football), manager. Regarded as one of the greatest ...

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2020)

Season 2 (2022)

References

External links

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