The decision was taken by the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD), Spain’s highest sports council, following a meeting of their Board of Directors.

It comes a week after Villar, who has been President at the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) since 1988, was among a group of people arrested in connection to allegations of collusion, embezzlement and falsifying documents.

Villar is also alleged to have sought favours in return for votes during his most recent re-election in May.

Also arrested following a series of raids in Madrid and Tenerife were Villar’s son Gorka, RFEF vice-president Juan Padron and Ramon Angel Hernandez, a member of Tenerife’s football federation.

In a statement, the CSD said the suspension for Villar would be reconsidered "depending on how events occur".

Padron has also been suspended for a year.

Villar earned 22 caps for Spain during his playing career, which he spent mainly in the midfield of Athletic Bilbao.

The 67-year-old has previously been involved in controversial issues before.

In 2015, he was fined CHF25,000 (£20,000/$25,600/€23,000) by FIFA’s Ethics Committee after failing to comply with an investigation into the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively.

During his recent re-election as RFEF President, Villar’s main rival Jorge Perez withdrew from the race after claiming there were irregularities in the process.

Perez, who was the organisation's secretary general, asked the Spanish Sports Tribunal and Sports Council to cancel the election, but his request was rejected.

Villar is also a senior vice-president of FIFA and served as the interim UEFA President between October 2015 and September following the ban of Michel Platini.