Enrique Sanz de Santamaría

Who is Enrique Sanz de Santamaría?

Enrique Sanz de Santamaria is a Colombian-American sports executive. He was appointed as General Secretary of CONCACAF in July 2012.

He has been closely related to the football world at a personal level since childhood and for the past 15 years at a professional level. Responsible for business development activities on different roles within the CONCACAF region at Traffic Sports USA, a leading soccer marketing company in Latin America, he consolidated and managed relationships with FIFA and CONCACAF representatives and Federations for over a decade.

Overseeing a team of almost 50 people in such vast areas as management, marketing, finance, human resources and operations, Sanz de Santamaría emerged as a well-rounded professional within the world of sports and, more specifically, the football field. After a nourishing time at his current position as Vice President of Traffic Sports USA, where he was heading the region since 2005, he has accepted the challenge of stepping into the CONCACAF organization as its General Secretary.

During his time with Traffic Sports USA, he became part of the team who laid the foundation of NASL in the U.S.