Adriano Galliani (born 30 July 1944) is an Italian entrepreneur and

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executive who is the CEO of club

Monza Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...

. He is known for being former vice-chairman and

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of AC Milan from 1986 to 2017, a period in the club's history known as the " Silvio Berlusconi era". During his tenure, Milan won five UEFA Champions League and eight Serie A titles among other achievements.

Career

AC Milan

On 24 March 1986, Galliani became the managing director of Italian

club club AC Milan; subsequently, he was also appointed deputy vice president. In 1991, as Milan was playing Marseille in

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at the

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, the lights went out in the 87th minute. The lights came back after 15 minutes, but Galliani refused to bring back the team on the pitch, citing concerns about the match being disrupted by TV crews storming the field. Milan was subsequently eliminated from the competition and barred from UEFA competitions for one year, and Galliani himself was suspended from all official functions until July 1993. In 2002, Galliani became president of the

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, and maintained this position during his tenure as Milan president. From 21 December 2004 to 15 June 2006, he assumed the duties of deputy vice president of Milan following the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi. Unable to hold the post due to a law governing

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(at the time Berlusconi was president of the

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of Italy). He held the office again from 8 May 2008 to 13 April 2017. On 13 April 2017, with the sale of the ''rossoneri'' by

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Rossoneri Sport Investment Lux Li Yonghong (born 16 September 1969) is a Chinese businessman and investor who first came into the public eye in 2016 when he succeeded Silvio Berlusconi as the owner of the Italian football club A.C. Milan. Li is also known for his stock mark ...

, Galliani officially ended his career in Milan in which, as CEO, he won 29 trophies in 31 years.

Monza

In 2018, Galliani became CEO of

, a football club from his native town owned by Silvio Berlusconi. In January 2019, he made headlines for completing a total of 30 transfers in just one month. On 29 May 2022, after beating

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in the Serie B promotion play-offs final, Monza secured their first-ever promotion to Serie A. On 17 November 2022, Galliani's career was recognised with a Executive Career Award at the 2022 Globe Soccer Awards.

Personal life

In 2011, Galliani was inducted into the

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. In April 2016, Galliani was one of the prominent Italian individuals to be named in the

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leak. Galliani's grandson, Adrian, is a footballer.

References

External links

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