Charlie Stillitano

Charlie Stillitano
Nationality American
Known for Sports Executive
Radio Presenter

Charlie Stillitano is an American sports executive and radio presenter.

Biography

He was previously a captain of the Princeton Tigers men's soccer team.[1]

Stillitano went on to get a law degree and eventually was named the venue director for Giants Stadium at the 1994 World Cup.[2] With Major League Soccer starting in 1996, Stillitano became the general manager of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars.[3]

In 2003, he was the largest shareholder of the promoter ChampionsWorld,[4] before moving on to Creative Arts Agency (organizers of the World Football Challenge) in 2007 which was bought out by Stephen M. Ross' Relevent Sports agency in 2012.[5] Stillitano is currently the chairman of Relevent.[6]

In March 2016, Stillitano had talks with representatives from Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, and Manchester United, where, among other things, they discussed a controversial proposal involving “restructuring the Champions League.”[7]

He is a radio daily talk show presenter for on the "The Football Show" for Sirius/XM Radio.

References

  1. ↑ https://m.siriusxm.com/servlet/Satellite?c=StreamJockey&childpagename=SXM/StreamJockey/MOB_HostDetail&cid=1283874694623&pagename=SXM/Wrapper
  2. ↑ Wahl, Grant. "Stillitano: World soccer's best connected American". www.si.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  3. ↑ Wahl, Grant. "Stillitano: World soccer's best connected American". www.si.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  4. ↑ "Stillitano brings soccer world to U.S.".
  5. ↑ "Charlie Stillitano rises, falls and returns to prominence in American soccer". Philly.com. 23 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Charlie Stillitano’s Champions League plans are an insult to Leicester City – and football". The Guardian. 2016-03-04. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  7. ↑ "Charlie Stillitano’s Champions League plans are an insult to Leicester City – and football". The Guardian. 2016-03-04. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
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