Antonio Matarrese (born 4 July 1940) is an Italian sports manager for football. He is known for having owned

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for almost 20 years.

Family

His brothers also worked in notable positions. Giuseppe Matarrese, was the

Bishop of Frascati The Diocese of Frascati (Lat.: ''Tusculana'') is a suburbicarian see of the Holy Roman Church and a diocese of the Catholic Church in Italy, based at Frascati, near Rome. The bishop of Frascati is a Cardinal Bishop; from the Latin name of the a ...

from 1989 to 2009.Bishop Giuseppe Matarrese
from Catholic-Hierarchy.org, retrieved 12 October 2018Paddy Agnew,
Having a ball in Bari
from ''The Irish Times'', 14 March 2009, retrieved 12 October 2018 Vincenzo Matarrese, was president of

, succeeding Antonio Matarrese, from 1983 to 2011, and Michele Matarrese also ran S. Matarrese Plc Group.

Career

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

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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 *

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Vice President from 1992 to 2002 * FIFA Vice President from 1994 to 2002 *President of the Organising Committee for the

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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

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. In May 2019, Matarrese was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame for the 2018 edition of the ceremony, under the category ''football administrator''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Matarrese, Antonio Italian sports directors 1940 births Living people Italian chief executives