El Presidente (TV series)

El Presidente (stylized as EL PRE$IDENTE) is a Chilean drama streaming television series created by Armando Bó (screenwriter). It is based on the 2015 FIFA corruption case and is focused in the former president of ANFP Sergio Jadue, played by the Colombian actor Andrés Parra. The first 8-episode season was released on June 5, 2020, on the streaming service Amazon Prime Video.^[1]^[2] An English dub of the series was released on November 6, 2020.^[3]

Plot[]

The 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.

Production[]

Filming occurred in Talagante, Peñaflor, La Calera, La Pintana, Santiago de Chile, Luque, Buenos Aires and New York, among other locations.

Cast[]

Actor	Role	Notes
Andrés Parra	Sergio Jadue	ANFP President.^[4]
Karla Souza	Lisa Harris, alias «Rosario»	FBI Agent, who uses Jadue to conduct her investigation on the FIFA Gate
Paulina Gaitán	María Inés «Nené» Facuse	Sergio Jadue's wife
Ana Reeves	Fátima Eltit	Sergio Jadue's Grandmother
Luis Margani	Julio Grondona	President of the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino.
Alberto Ajaka	Jashir Alabi	Sergio Jadue's right-hand man
Luis Gnecco	Luis Bedoya	President of the Federación Colombiana de Fútbol.
Daniel Muñoz	Jorge Segovia	President of SEK Group that controls Unión Española
Francisco Reyes Morandé	Cristián Varela	Director of Blanco y Negro S.A., representative of Colo-Colo
Gonzalo Robles	Rafael Esquivel	President of the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol
Sergio Hernández	Eugenio Figueredo	Vicepresident and FIFA Executive Member
Alejandro Trejo	Jose Maria Marin	President of Brazilian Football Confederation
Jean Pierre Noher	José Hawilla	Founder and President of Traffic Group, owner of the South American soccer TV rights
Federico Liss	Mariano Jinkis	Founder and board member of Full Play Group, company that purchased the TV rights from CONMEBOL in 2013
Cristóbal Tapia	Dave Summerfield	FBI Agent

Recurring cast[]

as Juan Ángel Napout, el President of CONMEBOL and vice president 1º of FIFA.
as , President of Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol.
as , President of Federación Boliviana de Fútbol.
as Jaime Estévez, President of Club Deportivo Universidad Católica.
as Alejandro Burzaco, President of TyC (Torneos y Competencias).
as El kiosquero in La Calera.
as Olivia, lawyer and friend of "Nené"
Blanca Lewin as Sofía Díaz, journalist of "El Andino"
as waitress chief in Luque, Paraguay
as Cecilia Domínguez, secretary of Sergio Jadue
as Fanny, friend of Rosario
as João Havelange, ex president of FIFA between 1974 and 1998
as Sara, cell phone thief
as Joseph Blatter, President of FIFA
as FIFA employee, righthand of Joseph Blatter
Alejandro Bracho as Chuck Blazer, FIFA executive committee member
Cristián García-Huidobro as , manager of Azul Azul, in charge of Universidad de Chile.
Marcela Osorio as Neusa Marin, Luis Chiriboga's wife
Maricarmen Arrigorriaga
as journalist
as Ruth, Swiss police
Bastián Bodenhöfer as French detective
as security doorman
as Ciro Cesar Silva

Episodes[]

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[5]
1	"Not your topo"	Armando Bo	Armando Bo	June 5, 2020 (2020-06-05)
2	"Rosarito"	TBA	TBA	June 5, 2020 (2020-06-05)
3	"Las pelotas"	TBA	TBA	June 5, 2020 (2020-06-05)
4	"En el palo"	TBA	TBA	June 5, 2020 (2020-06-05)
5	"Padre Nuestro"	TBA	TBA	June 5, 2020 (2020-06-05)
6	"Fifageit"	TBA	TBA	June 5, 2020 (2020-06-05)
7	"Mentira"	TBA	TBA	June 5, 2020 (2020-06-05)
8	"Todo pasa"	TBA	TBA	June 5, 2020 (2020-06-05)

References[]

^ "'El Presidente' Amazon makes 'FIFA Gate". Los Angeles Times. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
^ ""El Presidente" de Amazon Prime Video muestra el escándalo de corrupción FIFAgate del 2015". CNN. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
^ "New on Amazon Prime Video September 2021, Plus What's Coming Next". October 2019.
^ Lo que sabemos de El Presidente, la serie que cuenta la historia de Sergio Jadue
^ "El Presidente – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

External links[]

[1] "'El Presidente' Amazon makes 'FIFA Gate". Los Angeles Times. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

[2] ""El Presidente" de Amazon Prime Video muestra el escándalo de corrupción FIFAgate del 2015". CNN. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

[3] "New on Amazon Prime Video September 2021, Plus What's Coming Next". October 2019.

[4] Lo que sabemos de El Presidente, la serie que cuenta la historia de Sergio Jadue

[TFC-5] "El Presidente – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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