Paco Casal
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Paco Casal | |
|---|---|
| Born | Francisco Casal |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Paco Casal (born Francisco Casal) is a Uruguayan entrepreneur.
Emerging as a football agent, Casal quickly acquired total relevance in the market of his country. He owns the company Tenfield, and the television channel GolTV.
Born in São Paulo, at seven months old, Casal moved to Montevideo with his family. He was ball boy of the Estadio Centenario and according to his own rating, a "mediocre" footballer, who in 1968 joined the training divisions of the Defensor Sporting. At the age of 19, he was transferred to Atlético Madrid and later transferred to Racing de Santander.[1]
Representative of footballers
In 1980, while still a player of Vasco, Casal was wounded, and at the same time he received the opportunity that would change his life: his friend (footballer) Juan Ramon Carrasco asks to be represented by him in a negotiation.[2] He would then start a successful career as a representing players. At the end of the 1980s he was the representative of the best players in the country (among them, Carlos Aguilera, Ruben Sosa, Enzo Francescoli, Hugo De Leon and Nelson Gutierrez). In the 1990s, Casal had almost a monopoly of representation of Uruguayan players, since "everybody wanted to be represented by Paco".
