Ángel María Villar, the president of the Spanish soccer federation and a FIFA vice president, was arrested on Tuesday as part of a fraud investigation relating to matches played by Spain’s national team.
Mr. Villar was detained by the Spanish police alongside his son, Gorka, and other soccer officials. The arrests were ordered by a judge from Spain’s national court, who has been investigating the finances of the national team. The police said in a statement that the detained officials were accused of crimes including embezzlement, fraud and the falsification of documents.
Mr. Villar, 67, has run Spanish soccer for the past three decades and was re-elected unopposed in May as president of the national federation, despite being entangled in different corruption probes.