Guillermo Cañedo de la Bárcena

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cañedo and the second or maternal family name is de la Bárcena.
Guillermo Cañedo
President of the Mexican Football Federation
In office
19 de junio de 1960 – 15 de octubre de 1970
Preceded byMoisés Estrada
Succeeded byJosé Luis Pérez Noriega
President of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana
In office
1971–1997
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded byMiguel Alemán Velasco
Personal details
BornGuillermo Cañedo de la Bárcena
(1920-06-04)4 June 1920
Guadalajara, Mexico
Died20 January 1997(1997-01-20) (aged 76)
Mexico City, Mexico

Guillermo Cañedo de la Bárcena (June 4, 1920 – January 20, 1997) was a Mexican entrepreneur, football manager, and television executive.[1]

Cañedo was President of Club Atlético Zacatepec from 1954 to 1961; President of Club América from 1961 to 1981; President of the Mexican Football Federation from 1960 to 1970; and President of the Organización de Televisión Iberoamericana (OTI) from 1971 to 1997.

In 1993, he was awarded the Olympic Order by the International Olympic Committee (IOC); and in 1998, he received the FIFA Order of Merit posthumous by FIFA.

References

  1. ^ "Guillermo Cañedo de la Bárcena * Club América - Sitio Oficial". June 17, 2017.
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