Daniel Angelici (born 3 May 1964) '' 'Daniel Angelici' '' (
Buenos Aires
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, May 3, 1964) is an
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of
Boca Juniors
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and Vice-President of the
Argentine Football Association
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.
With the support of former president of the club,
Mauricio Macri
Mauricio Macri (; born 8 February 1959) is an Argentine businessman and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. He has been the leader of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party since its founding in 2005. He previou ...
, he won the presidency of
Boca Juniors
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on December 4, 2011, defeating then president
Jorge Amor Ameal
Jorge Amor Ameal (born Berazategui, Buenos Aires, 1948), is an Argentina, Argentine gastronomic entrepreneur, and current President of Boca Juniors after winning the elections in 2019.
He became the club's first Vice-President, following the form ...
. In the elections of 2015 he was reelected with 43,78% of the votes, thus managing to continue his term until December 2019.
Biography
During his youth he got involved in the
Radical Civic Union
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at the
University of Buenos Aires
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Law School. In recent years he has been a builder of alliances between radicals and '' macristas''. He was pointed out of having closeness to the Judiciary, especially in the City of Buenos Aires. Angelici became one of the most important gambling entrepreneurs in Argentina, with an empire that led him to be the head of the Argentine Chamber of Bingo Halls and Annexes ("Cámara Argentina de Salas de Bingos y Anexos", abbreviated "CASBA"), with interests in five betting companies and a racehorse breeding farm.
Angelici served until 2010 as treasurer of Boca Juniors during the management of
Jorge Amor Ameal
Jorge Amor Ameal (born Berazategui, Buenos Aires, 1948), is an Argentina, Argentine gastronomic entrepreneur, and current President of Boca Juniors after winning the elections in 2019.
He became the club's first Vice-President, following the form ...
. It was the focus of a controversy in 2010 when he opposed the renewal of the contract of club's idol
Juan Román Riquelme
Juan Román Riquelme (; born 24 June 1978) is an Argentine former professional footballer and current vice-president of Boca Juniors, the club where he spent the majority of his playing career.Head of Government of Buenos Aires,
Mauricio Macri
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, winning with 54% of the votes, presenting more than 24,000 voters at the polls as a historical record. Thus, he defeated the official candidate Jorge Amor Ameal. On December 14 he assumed the new president of Boca Juniors.
On December 6, 2015, with the club having won both titles, the league championship and
Copa Argentina
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, elections were held again at the club. After a record election for the institution, in which 26,136 members voted, Daniel Angelici managed to be reelected with 43.78% —11 421 votes—, against 30.91% of former President Jorge Amor Ameal and 25.13% of opposition candidate José Beraldi. Thus, he was in office four more years until December 2019, with Rodolfo Ferrari as vice president.
Management
Boca Juniors
During his management of Boca Juniors, the registration of club members was reopened under the modality of "adherent member" (idea made by the previous management); the possibility granted to current active members to register their children under 18 as members of the club ("father and child member").
He was criticized for continuing with the position of not selling tickets for Boca Juniors supporters in the league games that the club played at
La Bombonera
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. In that way, only members (active and a small limited number of adherent members who paid their tickets) and subscribers could attend league matches only. However, the club started selling seats for the general public in
2012 Copa Libertadores
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matches. In the pre-first international match of the Angelici era, against
Fluminense
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, the cost of a ticket was set on AR$ 100, a big amount for the time.
Another issue that sparked criticism from the supporters was the excessive and annoying controls that club members must face each time the team plays at home, although Angelici has already clarified on several occasions that this situation has nothing to do with the club, but that It is by a provision of the Ministry of National Security.
On July 5, 2012, Juan Román Riquelme left the institution. As mentioned above, two years before Angelici had refused to renew the player. Finally, just 6 months after Angelici's administration as president, Riquelme decided to leave the club. Angelici then decided to take 30 days of vacation, during the pass market, returning days before the start of the next tournament.
During the
2012 Copa Sudamericana
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, there were incidents at the Boca stadium and a few days later a confrontation with
handgun
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s between Boca members, however Angelici refused to apply the right of admission, arguing that there was no reason to do so. Under the Angelici's administration, Boca Juniors added eight reinforcements to the football team, some brought from Europe, such as
Daniel Osvaldo
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Osvaldo began his career at Huracán ...