Alfredo Hawit
Honduran lawyer and footballer (born 1951)
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Alfredo Hawit Banegas (born 8 October 1951) is a Honduran lawyer[1] and former footballer. He is the head of the National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras and was made the interim head of CONCACAF on 4 June 2011.[2]
Professor Alfredo Hawit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CONCACAF president | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 27 May 2015 – 12 May 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Jeffrey Webb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Victor Montagliani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 4 June 2011 – 22 May 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Lisle Austin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Jeffrey Webb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Alfredo Hawit Banegas 8 October 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | María del Carmen Asfura | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Profession | Lawyer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
As a player, he played professional football for Honduran club sides Progreso, Club Deportivo Olimpia and F.C. Motagua. He scored 11 goals for them altogether.[3] He is one of only few Honduran players who made his debut for a senior side, aged only 15.[4]
Football Federation Career
Hawit, having seen Jack Warner's reign as CONCACAF President last twenty one years, proposed that the CONCACAF president should be able to serve only one four year-term at a time and for the Caribbean Football Union, UNCAF and North American Football Union to nominate the president on a rotary basis. He was an interim president of CONCACAF.[5]
After the arrest of Jeffrey Webb on 27 May 2015, Hawit was made president of CONCACAF. Hawit himself was then arrested on corruption charges on 3 Dec 2015 in the Baur au Lac hotel in Zürich.[6] On 4 December 2015 he was banned for 90 days by the FIFA Ethics Committee.[7] Hawit was found guilty of four conspiracy counts in the sweeping FIFA bribery scandal in April 2016.[8][9]
In December 2016, the FIFA Ethics Committee banned Hawit for life from all football-related activities.[10][11]
Personal life
Hawit is one of six children of Alfredo Hawit and Emilia Banegas. He spend his childhood in El Progreso, Honduras.[12] He is married to María del Carmen Asfura.[13]