FILE PHOTO: Spain's Football Federation President Angel Maria Villar talks to journalists after signing a cooperation agreement for a joint bid for the 2018 World Cup with Portugal's Football Federation in Lisbon January 19, 2009. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File photo
MADRID (Reuters) - The head of Spain's soccer federation (RFEF) Angel Maria Villar, a FIFA vice president, was arrested on Tuesday after a raid on several offices in Madrid as part of an anti-corruption investigation, police said.
Villar, his son - named by Spanish media as Gorka - and several other Spanish soccer federation members were detained on allegations of collusion, fraud and embezzlement, the police said in a statement.
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