Paco Casal

Paco Casal
Born	Francisco Casal São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian, Uruguayan
Occupation	Businessman

Paco Casal (born Francisco Casal) is a Uruguayan entrepreneur.

Emerged as a football agent, Casal quickly acquired total relevance in the market of his country. He owns the company Tenfield, and the television channel GolTV.

Born in São Paulo, with only seven months of age, Casal moved to Montevideo with his family. He was ball boy of the Estadio Centenario and according to his own rating, a "mediocre" footballer, who in 1968 joined the training divisions of the Defensor Sporting, at the age of 19 he was transferred to Atlético Madrid and later transferred to Racing de Santander.

In 1980, while still a player of Vasco, Casal was wounded, and at the same time he received the opportunity that would change his life: his friend (footballer) Juan Ramon Carrasco asks to be represented by him in a negotiation. He would start a successful career as a representative of players. In the end of the 1980s he was the representative of the best players in the country (among them, Carlos Aguilera, Ruben Sosa, Enzo Francescoli, Hugo De Leon and Nelson Gutierrez). In the 1990s, Casal had almost a monopoly of representation of Uruguayan players, since "everybody wanted to be represented by Paco".

Casal is considered the greatest businessman of Uruguay. A former football player, he built his power as an agent of some players of the Uruguay national football team, and started expanding his business. In the 1990s, his power was such that he became virtually the owner of football in that country, having the bond with the main players in the country and being the owner of Tenfield, the company that opened with Enzo Francescoli and Nelson Gutiérrez (two of his former athletes) and which has the broadcasting rights of the Uruguayan Championship.

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