Rodolfo Villalobos, a civil engineer, began his sports career in 1999 as director of the Santos de Guapiles team, serving as President from 2004 to 2006.
Subsequently, he served from 2006 to 2015 as Treasurer of the Executive Committee of the Costa Rican Football Federation, before assuming the role as its President, a role he currently still holds.
Villalobos was also Vice President of Concacaf from 2016 to 2023.