Amadeo Salvo Lillo (born 31 March 1967) is a Spanish businessman and football executive. He was the president of

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from 2013 to 2015, and founded

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in 2015.

Biography

Born in

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, Salvo was the founder of Power Electronics, serving as director general from 1990 to 2011 and then as executive vice president. Salvo was elected president of his hometown's

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club

in June 2013, while the club was experiencing financial difficulties. He received over 90% of the vote. In May 2014, he supported the takeover of the club by

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billionaire

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. In December, Lim moved Salvo to executive president, while the presidency of the board went to his associate Lay Hoon Chan. Salvo resigned in July 2015, shortly after

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and several other backroom staff, and Chan took his place. Salvo dismissed allegations that he had a feud with manager

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and Portuguese

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, a close friend of Lim and alleged influence in the running of the club. Days after leaving Valencia CF, Salvo founded

, a revival of the

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club that folded in 2010. He was able to use the defunct club's identity by settling its debts of over €50,000 with the

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and national football federations. Prohibited from promotion out of the regional divisions for two years as a new team, the club reached the

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in 2017 and the

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a year later, before reaching the

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in May 2021 with a playoff win over

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. Weeks before the promotion, the club was converted into a ''

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'' (SAD), a form of

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obligatory for clubs in the top two divisions of Spanish football; the initial capital was €700,000.

References

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