Update (October 9, 2026): The FMF officially confirmed this restructure on Friday, issuing a comunicado naming Enrique Nieto Junco as vice president of Selecciones Nacionales. According to the federation, the appointment was made by commissioner Mikel Arriola. Nieto Junco will oversee the sporting, administrative, operations and competitions management of all Mexico national teams, men’s, women’s and age-limit sides, and will lead the national teams business unit, reporting directly to Arriola and to executive president Ivar Sisniega, who remains in his post. Nieto Junco also keeps his role as deputy secretary general, handling the FMF’s institutional relations with FIFA, Concacaf, Soccer United Marketing and other confederations and federations. (Claro Sports, Estadio Deportes)
The Mexican Football Federation has restructured its national teams leadership, naming Enrique Nieto Junco vice president of national teams and keeping Ivar Sisniega as executive president in a redefined role, the FMF confirmed in an official comunicado on Friday. The move matches the report by TUDN journalist Francisco Arredondo.
What happened
Arredondo reported that Nieto Junco, the FMF’s deputy secretary general and director of international affairs and strategic alliances, would take charge of the day-to-day operation of all Mexico national teams. The FMF’s comunicado confirms the appointment and adds that he keeps the deputy secretary general role. TUDN places sporting directors Duilio Davino, who oversees the senior men’s sides, and Andrés Lillini, who oversees the youth national teams, in the national teams leadership under the new structure. RECORD previously reported that the new vice presidency would receive reports from Davino, Lillini and senior head coach Rafael Márquez.
Sisniega, meanwhile, stays on as executive president, as the comunicado confirms. TUDN’s report had said he would shift his focus to relations with state governments, sports institutes, academies, player formation and development, and the federation’s broader professionalization project.
TUDN said the changes would be made official on Friday, October 9, through an FMF comunicado. The federation issued that comunicado on Friday (see update above).
Context
The report revises a wave of speculation from late September, when Mediotiempo columnist Rubén Rodríguez reported that Nieto Junco was already acting as vice president and that Sisniega’s departure was imminent, a version echoed by RECORD. The speculation had intensified after Sisniega was absent from Rafael Márquez’s presentation as Mexico head coach. Arredondo’s reporting instead keeps Sisniega in place, with his responsibilities redrawn.
Nieto Junco is a longtime federation insider with more than 15 years at the FMF, according to RECORD. RECORD also reported that he is the son of Enrique Nieto Applebaum, co-founder of the Promofut agency and the former representative of Marquez, a connection that has drawn scrutiny because Marquez now leads the senior national team inside the structure Nieto Junco is expected to oversee.
What comes next
The FMF issued its official comunicado on Friday, confirming the changes (see update above). FutnSoccer will continue to follow any further moves in the federation’s restructure.
