Carlo Tavecchio

Carlo Tavecchio
Carlo Tavecchio in 2010
Born	13 July 1943 Ponte Lambro, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	President of the Italian Football Federation
Known for	President of Lega Nazionale Dilettanti

Carlo Tavecchio (born 13 July 1943) is an Italian politician, sports executive and administrator who has been serving as president of the Italian Football Federation.

"England identifies the subjects that come in, if they have the professionalism to get them to play, but we say that Opti Poba came here, that before he ate bananas, now plays holder in Lazio and that's okay. In England he must demonstrate its curriculum and its pedigree ...."^[1]

On 7 October 2014, Tavecchio was banned by UEFA for racist remarks for six months; he was not allowed to hold any UEFA position and was barred from the UEFA congress in March 2015.^[2] On 1 November, 2015, an audio tape of Tavecchio became public, in which he disparaged Jews and gays.^[3]

Criminal record

Tavecchio has been tried and convicted five times since 1970.

• In 1970, he was sentenced to four months for forgery of credit title
  
• In 1994, he was sentenced to twenty eight months two days for tax evasion and value-added tax
  
• In 1996, he was sentenced to three months for failure to pay social security deductions and insurance
  
• In 1998, he was sentenced to three months for omission or falsification of reports
  
• In 1998, he was again sentenced to three months for abuse of office for violation of anti-pollution regulations ^[4][5]

References

1. Canavan, Steve (7 September 2009). "Rescued from a nightmare". Blackpool Gazette.
2. "Carlo Tavecchio: Italian FA president banned for racist slur". BBC News. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
3. Tavecchio denies anti-Semeitic and gay biases
4. Emiliano Liuzzi (3 July 2014). "Tavecchio favorite for FIGC role". DAGOSPIA.COM. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
5. Andrea Viola (28 July 2014). "Tavecchio case is now to be put aside". il Fatto Quotidiano. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

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