CONMEBOL (CONfederación sudaMEricana de FútBOL -
South American Football Confederation) was founded July 9, 1916, thanks to Uruguayan Héctor Rivadavia Gómez who materialized his project of uniting football around the continent. Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Chile were the founder nations after a successful South American football tournament played in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Later on Paraguay (1921), Peru (1925), Bolivia (1926), Ecuador (1927), Colombia (1936) and Venezuela (1952) also became members of the South American confederation. Nowadays CONMEBOL is part of FIFA and is in charge of all professional football activities in the mentioned countries. The permanent headquarters are located in Asunción, Paraguay; and the actual president (until 2006) of the Executive Committee is Dr. Nicolás Leoz.
