Juan Pedro Damiani (born June 14, 1958)[1] is a Uruguayan lawyer, and a former member of the FIFA Ethics Committee.

[2][3][4] Damiani resigned from the FIFA Ethics Committee on 6 April 2016, following allegation in the Panama Papers, connecting him to fellow Uruguayan Eugenio Figueredo, the former FIFA vice-president arrested in 2015 by the United States Department of Justice on corruption charges.

[8] Three years after his FIFA scandal, Juan Pedro Damiani had officially announced that he would run again for Peñarol's presidency in the elections in December 2020.

Figueredo was charged by U.S. authorities with fraud and money laundering for his role in the alleged bribery conspiracy.

The revelation of the relationship was the result of more than 11 million documents, the so-called Panama Papers leaked through the German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung from a Panama-based law firm specialising in helping wealthy and influential offshore firms.