Luciano Moggi

Luciano Moggi (Italian pronunciation: [luˈtʃaːno ˈmɔddʒi]; born 10 July 1937 in Monticiano, Italy) is a former Italian football administrator.[1]

Biography

Moggi was born in Monticiano, in the province of Siena.

He worked as a railway station caretaker until the early 1970s, when he met Italo Allodi, then Juventus' managing director, who appointed him to minor roles at the club.

Before being called as chief managing director by Juventus in 1994, he worked for and collaborated with several teams, such as Torino, Napoli, Roma and Lazio. He has a son Alessandro, who works as an agent for several football players and managers. He is head of GEA World, a consortium of football agents and managers, which the company and Alessandro were ranked the first by volume from 2002 to 2006.[2]

In 2006, he was the main figure involved in a football scandal, after the publication of several wiretappings in which he suggested and asked for particular referees' names to Pierluigi Pairetto, the former Italian referee nominator. Moggi received a life ban from football and a recommendation to the FIGC president that he be banned for life from membership of the FIGC at any level. As early as 2010, Juventus considered challenging the stripping of their scudetto from 2005 and the non-assignment of the 2006 title, dependent on the results of trials connected to the 2006 scandal.[3]

On 8 November 2011, Naples court issued the first conclusion of the criminal case against Luciano Moggi and the other football personalities involved, sentencing him to jail for five years and four months for "criminal association."[4] In December 2013, Moggi's sentence was reduced to two years and four months for being found guilty of conspiring to commit a crime, but the earlier charge of sporting fraud passed the statute of limitations.[5] On 23 March 2015, in its final resolution the Supreme Court ruled that Moggi was acquitted of "some individual charges for sporting fraud, but not from being the 'promoter' of the 'criminal conspiracy' that culminated in Calciopoli". Nevertheless, the remaining charges of Moggi were cancelled without a new trial due to the statute of limitations.[6] The then club sued the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) for €443 million for damages caused by their 2006 relegation.[7] FIGC president Carlo Tavecchio offered to discuss reinstatement of the lost scudetti in exchange for Juventus dropping the lawsuit.[8] On 9 September 2015, the Supreme Court released a 150-page document that explained its final ruling of the case: despite that Moggi's remaining charges were cancelled without a new trial due to statute of limitations,[6] the court confirmed that Moggi was actively involved in the sporting fraud which was intended to favour Juventus and increase his own personal benefits.[9] Eventually, in 2016 the TAR tribunal rejected the request of compensation promoted by Juventus.[10] On 15 March 2017, Moggi's lifetime ban was definitively confirmed on final appeal.[11]

He continues to make observations on the Serie A on the newspaper Libero[12] and the local television channel Telecapri Sport.

Since 2011 collaborates with Radio Manà Manà.[13]

Personal views

Moggi has spoken out against gay footballers, saying that: "A homosexual can't fulfil the job of a footballer. I wouldn't put one under contract and if I discovered I had one, he would fly immediately."[14]

See also

References
  1. "Moggi sentenced over match-fixing". FourFourTwo. 2011-11-08. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  2. "Bollettino: Settmanale 2006". Trasp-statistiche/doc. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. "Juventus may ask for Serie A titles to be reinstated". The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017.
  4. "Calciopoli, Moggi condannato a Napoli: 5 anni e 4 mesi , associazione a delinquere" (in Italian). corriere.it. 8 November 2011.
  5. "Moggi Calciopoli sentence cut". 17 December 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  6. "Penale Sent. Sez. 3 Num. 36350 Anno 2015" (pdf) (in Italian). Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. 24 March 2015. p. 138. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  7. "Calciopoli Italian match-scandal case expires after nine-year investigation". espn.com. 24 March 2015.
  8. "Tavecchio tells Juventus: Drop €443m lawsuit and we'll talk about your two Scudetti". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
  9. "Calciopoli, Cassazione: "Moggi? Strapotere su Figc e tv"". Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  10. "Calciopoli, il Tar boccia il ricorso: niente risarcimento alla Juve". la Repubblica (in Italian). 6 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  11. "Moggi ban confirmed". Football Italia. 16 March 2017.
  12. Archived July 8, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  13. "Radio Mana' Mana'". Storiaradiotv.it. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  14. Kate Connolly in Berlin (2010-11-14). "Croatia football chief Vlatko Markovic hit by gay group's backlash | Football | The Observer". Guardian. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
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