Buenos Aires, December 1, 2025 – Total News Agency-TNA-Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), revealed in his sworn asset declaration that he perceives more than $818 million annually in net income from two of the three jobs he claims to hold: the second vice-presidency of CONMEBOL and the presidency of CEAMSE.
Of that total, about $8 million comes from CEAMSE, where he claims to work 15 hours a week. Although Tapia formally reports three jobs—AFA, CONMEBOL, and CEAMSE—ANSES records also show a labor relationship with Solbayres, a private company in waste collection and urban cleaning.
According to these figures, Tapia would earn approximately $7,500,000 per hour worked. The declaration also exposes striking inconsistencies. Despite declaring millionaire real estate assets, he stated that he has no savings, investments, money in bank accounts, or financial assets, either his own or from his family group.
The document, presented in July to the CEAMSE—a public company for waste management jointly administered by the Buenos Aires City and Provincial Governments—details that Tapia receives around $68 million monthly “out-of-pocket.” However, this link does not appear in his formal declaration, where he assures he receives no salary whatsoever.
In addition to main income, there are extraordinary items of over $200 million during the last year. These include $44 million from the sale of a high-end vehicle—without specifying the model—, over $30 million in travel expenses paid by the AFA, and $130 million from “financial interests and exchange rate differences,” despite Tapia himself stating in his declaration that he has no fixed-term deposits, securities, investments, or bank accounts.
The contradiction is even greater because the document states that neither he nor his family has cash or financial assets, which leaves unexplained how the mentioned interests were generated.
In terms of assets, the asset declaration shows the real magnitude of the leader's patrimony. The most valuable is a house in Beccar, valued at over $15.7 million, followed by a house in Río Luján, two additional properties in the same area, a house in Cañada, and two properties in San Juan, plus an apartment in the City of Buenos Aires. Tapia owns seven properties in his name 100%.
The rest corresponds to CONMEBOL, which pays him close to $60 million per month, even though the leader claims to dedicate only two weekly hours to his role in the South American body.
The company operates in numerous neighborhoods of the City of Buenos Aires and is part of the conglomerate linked to the Impsa group, privatized during the administration of Javier Milei. The double link—public and private—in the same sector has generated controversies over a possible conflict of interest.
The president of the AFA also does not declare income from his role at Barracas Central, a club of which he is the owner and where, according to public records, he signs checks.
