Eduardo Silva Meluk
Eduardo Silva Meluk (Cúcuta, Colombia, January 15, 1970) is a business administrator and majoring in Finance and the 39th president of the football club, Deportivo Independiente Medellin.
He was Millonarios legal agent.
Since he arrived, he has been creating good financial strageties that may help as much the fans as the executtive committee called Todos en uno, which, membreship cards, if someone joined to Equipo del Pueblo or The People's team (nickname given by the fans for generations)he or she may access easily to Atanasio Girardot Stadium, where all the matches are played as guests, and with a reserved seat. However, these bonifications showed many disadvantages, because the more DIM advanced the more the price was increased, most commonly in quartefinals (either the bonus were cancelled if you miss most of the games or you have to buy tickets with which really expesive).Despites the facts, have helped lots of fans to avoid buying tickets outside the stadium to street vendors.
Thanks to his job, Medellín have been getting excellent players as new ones as old players from DIM to reinforce its line-up: The ex-Atlético Huila, Juan Fernando Caicedo and Hernan Hechalar, in 2015; the ex-Boyacá Chicó, Didier Moreno,thel ex-Envigado, Fabio Burbano, the ex-Independiente Santa Fe, Daniel Torres y Luis Carlos Arias (who played with Medellín in 2009, getting its fifth title), and the ex-Universidad Católica de Chile, Matías Cahais, in 2015 of the second season; Finally, Deportivo Pereira's attacker, Leonardo Castro.
He managed to bring a beloved coach of the DIM fans, Leonel Álvarez, who managed to classify for Copa Sudamericana 2016 and Copa Libertadores 2017. Moreover, he gets the sixth title (like he did in 2009).
References
- Silva Meluk, Eduardo. «Presidente del Dim». El Tiempo. Consultado el 27/11/2016.