Napout takes over at CONMEBOL, Figueredo heads for FIFA


Juan Angel Napout poses in his office at the Defensores del Chaco stadium in Asuncion, August 8, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Adorno

ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay’s Juan Angel Napout took over as president of South American football's governing body CONMEBOL in place of Uruguayan Eugenio Figueredo who is replacing the late Julio Grondona as a FIFA vice-president.

Grondona, who died last week aged 82 after 35 years as president of the Argentine FA, was FIFA's senior vice-president.

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