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Sandro Rosell
Sandro Rosell | |
|---|---|
 Sandro Rosell in 2010 | |
| 39th President of FC Barcelona | |
| In office 1 July 2010 – 23 January 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Joan Laporta |
| Succeeded by | Josep Maria Bartomeu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alexandre Rosell Feliu[1] 6 March 1964 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Spouse | Marta Pineda |
| Alma mater | ESADE |
Alexandre "Sandro" Rosell i Feliu (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsandɾu ruˈzeʎ]; born 6 March 1964) is a Spanish businessman. He earned an MBA degree from ESADE. Rosell ran as senior adviser of Joan Laporta during the 2003 Barcelona elections and was the vice-president of sports until June 2005. He was the president of Barcelona from 2010 to 2014. In 2017, Rosell was jailed without bail as part of a money laundering investigation related to buying television rights for past matches of the Brazil national team.[2][3] On 24 April 2019, after a total of 643 days of pre-trial detention and with the provisional release of Rosell having been rejected on as much as 13 occasions, Spanish courts fully acquitted Rosell.[4]
- ^ "Sandro Rosell, de recogepelotas a presidente" (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 23 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ Adriana Garcia (25 May 2017). "Ex-Barcelona chief Sandro Rosell held without bail". ESPN.
- ^ "Ex-Barcelona president Sandro Rosell arrested in money laundering case". ESPNFC.com. Retrieved 2017-08-08.
- ^ Sandro Rosell, absuelto tras pasar 643 días en prisión preventiva
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