El Presidente (stylized as EL PRE$IDENTE) is a Chilean drama television series created by Armando Bó. It is based on the 2015 FIFA corruption case and is focused in the former president of ANFP Sergio Jadue, played by 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]
The second 8-episode season, marketed with the subtitle Jogo da Corrupção (The Corruption Game in English), was released on November 4, 2022.[4]
Season 1's 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.
Season 2's story revolves around João Havelange and how he turned FIFA from a simple sports organization into an international powerhouse. He usurps power from the Europeans and holds on to it for almost three decades.
Filming occurred in Talagante, Peñaflor, La Calera, La Pintana, Santiago de Chile, Luque, Buenos Aires and New York, among other locations.
| Actor | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANFP President.[5] | |||
| Lisa Harris, alias «Rosario» | FBI Agent, who uses Jadue to conduct her investigation on the FIFA Gate | ||
| 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 Bedoya | President of the Federación Colombiana de Fútbol. | ||
| Jorge Segovia | President of SEK Group that controls Unión Española | ||
| Francisco Reyes | Cristián Varela | Director of Blanco y Negro S.A., representative of Colo-Colo | |
| Gonzalo Robles | Rafael Esquivel | ||
| 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 |
| Actor | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANFP President, Season 2's narrator | |||
| Albano Jerónimo | João Havelange | President of Confederação Brasileira de Desportos | |
| Anna Maria Havelange / Isabel | João Havelange's wife | ||
| Eduardo Moscovis | Castor de Andrade | Bicheiro, Havelange's ally | |
| Bukassa Kabengele | Yidnekatchew Tessema | President of CAF | |
| Guilherme Prates | Ricardo Teixeira | Havelange's son-in-law, Vitória's husband | |
| Nelson Freitas | Presidents of Brazil | ||
| Leandro Firmino | Sivoca | Castor de Andrade's right-hand man | |
| Anna Brewster | Faye Bossard | Assistant to the President of FIFA | |
| Bruno Bebianno | Cédric Havelange | João's younger brother | |
| Craig Stevenson | Stanley Rous | President of FIFA, serving from 1961 to 1974 | |
| Demétrio Nascimento Alves | Pelé | Brazilian footballer | |
| Fabio Aste | Teófilo Salinas | President of Federación Peruana de Futbol | |
| Juan Alari | Paco Lopez Gil | President of Real Federación Española de Fútbol | |
| Philippe Jacq | Helmut Käser | General Secretary of FIFA | |
| Polliana Aleixo | Vitória Havelange | João's daughter |