Antonio Matarrese is an Italian sports manager for soccer.

Career

Matarrese graduated with a degree in business administration and he is Certified Public Accountant

Certified Public Accountant

Certified Public Accountant is the statutory title of qualified accountants in the United States who have passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination and have met additional state education and experience requirements for certification as a CPA...

. He is CEO of the S. Matarrese Plc Group. During his career in sport field he has held a number of positions that include:

• President of the Italian Football League
  Italian football league system
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   from March 1982 to October 1987
• President of the Italian Football Federation from 1987 to 1996
• Member of the Organising Committee of the 1990 FIFA World Cup
  1990 FIFA World Cup
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• UEFA
  UEFA
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   Vice President from 1992 to 2002
• FIFA
  FIFA
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   Vice President from 1994 to 2002
• President of the Organising Committee for the 1997 Mediterranean Games
  1997 Mediterranean Games
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• Deputy Vice President of the Italian Football League during the presidency of Adriano Galliani from 2002 to 2004
• President of the TV-platform Gioco Calcio until January 2004
• President of UNIRE (National Horse Breeding Union) from September 2004 to May 2005

On 8 August 2006, he was elected President of the Italian Football League succeeding resigning president Adriano Galliani

Adriano Galliani

Adriano Galliani is an Italian entrepreneur who has been serving as vice-president and C.E.O. of Italian football club Associazione Calcio Milan since 1986. During his tenure as CEO, Milan have won five European Cup/UEFA Champions League titles and eight Serie A titles among other achievements and...

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