Juan Padrón, Villar's right-hand man at the Federation, dies.

Juan Padrón, former vice president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and its counterpart in Tenerife, has died at the age of 89, according to CD Tenerife, where he played between 1954 and 1965. But Padrón's figure acquired much greater importance at the managerial level, as Ángel María Villar's right-hand man, who led the organization for more than two decades and was eventually arrested and charged. Padrón was no stranger to the accusations.

Both were among those arrested in 2017 by the Civil Guard as part of an anti-corruption operation. The so-called Soule Case is awaiting trial, and in the case of Padrón, one of the defendants, the Prosecutor's Office was seeking six and a half years in prison.

Padrón was also president of the Tenerife Island Football Federation and became vice president of the RFEF with Villar, when the two presented a candidacy that propelled them to take control of the federation in 1989. He also served on the UEFA Finance Committee and was a key player in the FIFA Players' Status Committee.

The blue and white team has announced on its social media that "the people of Tenerife are in mourning." Padrón played for them from 1954 to 1965, and was a starter on the team that won promotion to the First Division in 1961.

As a Tenerife player, he had the opportunity to compete against world football figures such as Alfredo di Stéfano, Ferenc Puskas, and Paco Gento. After retiring, he joined the Tenerife Football Federation as a director, an institution he chaired since 1978.