19 de ene, 2025, 15:41 ET
Florentino Pérez was re-elected as president of the Real Madrid club for the next four years
Florentino Pérez has been re-elected, without opposition, as president of Real Madrid for the next four years, as confirmed by the club. Pérez called presidential elections earlier this month and potential candidates had 10 days to present their candidacies for the club’s board.
The 77-year-old construction magnate and former politician has been president of Madrid for two terms, between 2000 and 2006, and since 2009.
The club has strict eligibility requirements for the position, which were tightened in a vote of club members in 2012.
A candidate must have been a member of Real Madrid for at least 20 years and be able to provide a bank guarantee, backed by their own personal assets, worth at least 15% of the club’s budget.
Pérez has not faced an opposition candidate since returning as president in 2009, and had no challengers in 2013, 2017, 2021 and now in 2025.
Madrid are the current champions of LaLiga and the Champions League and have already won two trophies this season (the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup), but were defeated 5-2 by Barcelona in the final of the Spanish Super Cup on January 12.
Pérez is one of the most influential figures in Spain and has transformed Real Madrid (having a major impact on Spanish, European and world football) since he first won the presidency in 2000.
-In his first term, known as the ‘Galacticos’ era, he signed superstars Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo Nazario and David Beckham, winning two league titles and the 2002 Champions League.
However, three trophyless seasons led Pérez to resign in 2006, and he was succeeded by Ramón Calderón.
Three years later, Calderón also resigned and Pérez returned to power in 2009.
His second spell in charge has been arguably the most successful in the club’s history, winning LaLiga five times (in 2012, 2017, 2020, 2022 and 2024) as well as six Champions Leagues, including an unprecedented treble. row from 2016 to 2018, and twice under coach Carlo Ancelotti in 2022 and 2024.
In recent years, Pérez has been the driving force behind the Super League project, relaunched last month as Liga Unify, arguing that major changes are required to safeguard the future of football.
As a result, he has clashed with UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin and, frequently, LaLiga president Javier Tebas, on a number of issues related to football governance and the country’s handling of broadcast rights. of the league and its investment agreement with CVC.
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