Sandro Rosell

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Sandro Rosell in May 2010

Alexandre Rosell i Feliu (born March 6, 1964 in Barcelona ), known as Sandro Rosell , is an entrepreneur in the field of sports, especially football, and was President of FC Barcelona until the beginning of 2014 .

career

Rosell is a graduate of ESADE , a Spanish private university, from which he graduated with an MBA . At the beginning of his entrepreneurial career, he worked in the marketing department for the 1992 Summer Olympics and for Nike .

In 2003, Rosell supported Joan Laporta's candidacy for president of FC Barcelona . Laporta won by an overwhelming majority. His election promise was a commitment to David Beckham . In addition, Rosell led the negotiations as vice president in the area of ​​sports. However, Beckham preferred to join arch-rivals Real Madrid . Barcelona instead signed aspiring Brazilian player Ronaldinho from Paris Saint-Germain .

In 2005, Rosell resigned as vice president of FC Barcelona - despite winning the Spanish championship in the same year. He criticized the "lack of independence, transparency and democracy" and described Laporta as the problem.

When Barça won the Champions League in 2006, he caused a stir with his recently published book Benvingut al món real (Welcome to the Real World), in which he indirectly criticized Joan Laporta. He could have run against Laporta in the presidential election, but ultimately decided not to. On June 13, 2010, he entered the election for President of FC Barcelona with the motto “We are Barça” and won with 61.35 percent of the vote. None of its 38 predecessors received more votes. He replaced Joan Laporta on July 1, 2010, who could not be re-elected after two terms in office.

In January 2014, the newspaper El Mundo reported that the transfer of the player Neymar from FC Santos had been paid much more than the officially stated 57.1 million euros. On January 22, 2014, an embezzlement investigation was launched against Rosell. A day later, he resigned as president of FC Barcelona, ​​so that "the reputation of the club is not damaged by unjustified attacks". Vice President Josep Maria Bartomeu took over the vacant post .

On Tuesday, May 23, 2017, Rosell and his wife and three other suspects were arrested by the Spanish police on charges of money laundering . In addition, the couple's accounts were blocked with a total of 35 million euros. On February 25, 2019, the trial of Rosell began in front of the Audiencia Nacional . He was released from custody two days later, on February 27th.

Others

Rosell was also active as a football player, but only for lower-class teams such as the Segunda División B club at the time, CE l'Hospitalet .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b FCBarcelona.com: The 39th president of the club
  2. ↑ RP online: Laporta new President of FC Barcelona ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rp-online.de
  3. ↑ BBC Sport: Sandro Rosell elected as new Barcelona president
  4. ↑ a b kicker online: Clear victory for Rosell
  5. ↑ FCBarcelona.com: Rosell takes over as president ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fcbarcelona.com
  6. ↑ Sandro Rosell resigns and Josep Maria Bartomeu will assume the presidency of FC Barcelona until 2016
  7. ↑ Barça President Rosell resigns. In: Spiegel Online from January 23, 2014 (accessed January 23, 2014).
  8. ↑ Dimite Sandro Rosell; Bartomeu, presidente hasta junio de 2016 elmundo.es, accessed January 24, 2014 (Spanish)
  9. ↑ Rosell arrested. In: FAZ of May 23, 2017, accessed on the same day.
  10. ↑ Detienen a Sandro Rosell por el blanqueo Demos de 15 million de euros en comisiones.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: El Mundo of May 23, 2017, accessed on the same day.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.elmundo.es  
  11. ↑ Money laundering process: Ex-Barça boss faces eleven years imprisonment. In: t-online.de . February 25, 2019, accessed April 7, 2019.
  12. ↑ Football: Ex-Barca boss Rosell released from custody after almost 2 years. In: Tyrolean daily newspaper . February 27, 2019, accessed April 7, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Rosell, Sandro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosell i Feliu, Alexandre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish manager, President of FC Barcelona
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona