Rafael Esquivel Melo (born 1946/1947) is a Venezuelan former football administrator.
He was a member of CONMEBOL executive committee and president of the Venezuelan Football Federation (FVF).
[1] Esquivel was arrested in May 2015 in Switzerland to face corruption charges in the United States.
[3][4] In March 2016, Esquivel was extradited to the US and pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court.
[6] Chilean actor Gonzalo Robles portrayed Esquivel in the 2020 Amazon Prime Video original series El Presidente.