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Adriano Galliani

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Adriano Galliani
Galliani in 2018
Member of the Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 October 2023
ConstituencyMonza
In office
23 March 2018 – 13 October 2022
ConstituencyLombardy
Personal details
Born (1944-07-30) 30 July 1944 (age 80)
Monza, Italy
Political partyForza Italia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouses
  • unknown first wife
Daniela Rosati
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(m. 1989; div. 1999)​
[1]
Malika El Hazzazi
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(m. 2004; div. 2008)​
[2][3]
Children3 (Gianluca, Micol, Fabrizio)
RelativesAdrian Galliani (grandson)
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forVice Chairman and CEO of A.C. Milan

Adriano Galliani (born 30 July 1944) is an Italian entrepreneur and football executive who is the CEO of Serie A club Monza. He is also a senator for Forza Italia.

He is known for being former vice-chairman and CEO of AC Milan from 1986 to 2017, a period in the club's history known as the "Silvio Berlusconi era". During his tenure, Milan won five UEFA Champions League and eight Serie A titles among other achievements.

Career

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AC Milan

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On 24 March 1986, Galliani became the managing director of Italian football club AC Milan;[4] subsequently, he was also appointed deputy vice president.[citation needed]

In 1991, as Milan was playing Marseille in Stade Vélodrome at the 1990–91 European Cup, the lights went out in the 87th minute. The lights came back on after 15 minutes, but Galliani refused to bring back the team on the pitch, citing concerns about the match being disrupted by TV crews storming the field. Milan was subsequently eliminated from the competition and barred from UEFA competitions for one year, and Galliani himself was suspended from all official functions until July 1993.[5][6]

In 2002, Galliani became president of the Lega Nazionale Professionisti, and maintained this position during his tenure as Milan president.[7]

From 21 December 2004 to 15 June 2006, he assumed the duties of deputy vice president of Milan following the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi, who was unable to hold the post due to a law governing conflict of interest; at the time, Berlusconi was president of the Council of Ministers of Italy. He held the office again from 8 May 2008 to 13 April 2017.[8]

On 13 April 2017, with the sale of the rossoneri by Fininvest to Rossoneri Sport Investment Lux,[9] Galliani officially ended his career in Milan in which, as CEO, he won 29 trophies in 31 years.[10]

Monza

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In 2018, Galliani became CEO of Monza, a football club from his native town owned by Silvio Berlusconi.[11] In January 2019, he made headlines for completing a total of 30 transfers in just one month.[12]

On 29 May 2022, after beating Pisa in the Serie B promotion play-offs final, Monza secured their first-ever promotion to Serie A.[13]

On 17 November 2022, Galliani's career was recognised with an Executive Career Award at the 2022 Globe Soccer Awards.[14]

Personal life

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In 2011, Galliani was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.[15] In April 2016, Galliani was one of the prominent Italian individuals to be named in the Panama Papers leak.[16]

Galliani's grandson, Adrian, is a footballer.[17]

References

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  1. ^ Paolo Biondani (25 May 1999). "E Galliani lascia la moglie con 50 milioni al mese". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). p. 49. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  2. ^ Simona Ravizza (10 October 2004). "Galliani e la modella, "sì" a Palazzo Marino". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). p. 50. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  3. ^ Fulvio Paglialunga (16 December 2013). "Galliani è". L'Ultimo Uomo (in Italian). Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  4. ^ "BERLUSCONI DA IERI PRESIDENTE DEL MILAN - la Repubblica.it". Archivio - la Repubblica.it (in Italian). 25 March 1986. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  5. ^ "Milan Soccer Club Banned for a Year". The Neywork Times. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  6. ^ Seal, Brian (22 March 2017). "The night the lights went out in Marseille". Medium. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Divisi alla meta: Galliani presidente della Lega, Matarrese vice". 2010-10-29. Archived from the original on 2010-10-29. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  8. ^ "Oggi compie gli anni Adriano Galliani: ecco gli auguri social dei rossoner". ilmilanista. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  9. ^ "AC Milan News - Ultime notizie e aggiornamenti live Milan". AC Milan (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  10. ^ "Milan venduto al cinese Li Yonghong: finisce l'era Berlusconi". La Gazzetta dello Sport - Tutto il rosa della vita (in Italian). 13 April 2017. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  11. ^ "Berlusconi: 'I don't miss AC Milan'". Calciomercato.com | Tutte le news sul calcio in tempo reale.
  12. ^ "Galliani reveals he tried to convince Kaka to join Monza". Calciomercato.com | Tutte le news sul calcio in tempo reale.
  13. ^ "Berlusconi's Monza promoted to Serie A for first time in club history". ESPN. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  14. ^ Bettoni, Lorenzo (17 November 2022). "Globe Soccer Awards: all the winners – Maldini, Osimhen, Ibra, Ancelotti, Salah and more". Football Italia. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo" [Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  16. ^ "Panama Papers, altri 100 nomi: spuntano Galliani, Barilla, Berlusconi e Briatore" [Panama Papers, another 100 names: Galliani, Barilla, Berlusconi and Briatore mentioned] (in Italian). La Stampa. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  17. ^ "Adrian Galliani relished being anonymous at Forest, but it caught up with him in the end". theathletic.co.uk (Archived). Archived from the original on 2022-01-12.
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