César Salinas | |
Office: | President of the Bolivian Football Federation |
Term Start: | 2018 |
Term End: | 19 July 2020 |
Predecessor: | Rolando López Herbas Marco Antonio Peredo Mercado Carlos Ribera |
Successor: | Marcos Rodríguez |
Birth Name: | César Luis Salinas Sinka |
Birth Date: | 18 August 1961[1] |
Birth Place: | Caquiaviri, Bolivia |
Death Date: | (aged 58) |
Death Place: | La Paz, Bolivia |
Occupation: | Football chairman |
César Luis Salinas Sinka (18 August 196119 July 2020) was a Bolivian association football chairman and president.[2]
Salinas was chairman of The Strongest, the oldest Bolivian football club. After he left The Strongest, his wife Inés became owner of the team. In 2018, Salinas became president of the Bolivian Football Federation. In mid-2020, Salinas was working with authorities to restart the national football league after months of hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia.[2]
Salinas contracted COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bolivia in July 2020. He died in hospital on 19 July 2020, aged 58, from the effects of the virus.[2] A letter was sent from the FIFA President to the Bolivian Football Federation praising Salinas life's work and with sadness for his death.[3] All soccer activities conducted by the Federation were suspended from July 20–22, 2020, in mourning for his death.[4]