Once Emilio Azcárraga Milmo became the owner of Club América in 1959, there was a financial and sports reconstruction within the azulcrema institution, as for the sports area, the custom of acquiring expensive and renowned foreign and Mexican players began that to date has remained , although some years more than others.
In total, 30 presidents and / or sports directors have held the position within the institution who have been in charge of setting up the teams, so that the club can compete in Mexican soccer, many of them managing to stand out and others not so much.
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Before making decisions about Azcarraga, 18 sports directors passed through the club: Florencio Domínguez (1916-1920), Guillermo Gómez Arzapalo (1920-1930), Juan de Dios Bojórquez (1930-1932), Carlos Herrera (1933), Antonio Correa (1933-1934), Ernesto Sota (1934-1937), Germán Núñez Cortina (1937-1938), Salvador González (1938-1939), Francisco Bautista (1939-1940), Filiberto Zapata (1940), César Martíno (1940-1945), Eligio Moreno ( 1945), Francisco Bautista (1945-1948), Antonio Hidalgo (1948-1949), Miguel Ramírez Vázquez (1950-1954), Julián Rodríguez Adame (1954-1956), Isaac Bessudo (1956-1959) and Darío Pastrana (1959- 1961).
Whereas, from the time when Azcarraga began to designate the positions, many more arrived during his tenure of more than 20 years in office, until his son Emilio Azcárraga Jean continue his legacy.
Guillermo Cañedo de la Bárcena (1961-1981), Emilio Díez Barroso (1981-1996), Pablo Cañedo (1996-1997), Alejandro Orvañanos (1997-1998), Raúl Quintana (1998-1999), Javier Pérez Teuffer (1999- 2004), Guillermo Cañedo White (2004-2008), Michel Bauer (2008-2011), Ricardo Peláez (2011-2017) and Santiago Baños (2017-present).
In recent years the task has been to put together a competitive squad that gives the technical director the opportunities to be in the foreground and seek the championship year after year.
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