Giovanni Malagò (born 13 March 1959) is an Italian businessman, sports executive, and former

futsal Futsal is a variant of association football played between two teams of five players each on a court smaller than a football pitch. Its rules are based on the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game of association football, and i ...

player. He is the president of the

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(CONI). Since 1 January 2019, he is a member of the

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Life and career

Born in Rome, Malagò practiced since his youth different sports and notably futsal, in which discipline he won 3 league titles with

Roma RCB AS Roma Futsal is a futsal club based in Rome, Italy. In the year 2004 Roma RCB and Gruppo Sportivo BNL merged in AS Roma Futsal Honours Roma RCB * Campionati italiani: 5 ** 87/88 - 88/89 - 89/90 - 90/91 - 2000/01 - * Coppa Italia ...

and in 1986 he attended with the national team the World Cup in Brazil. After graduating in economics, he became CEO of Samocar, a car sales company founded by his father Vincenzo in 1977. As a sports executive he became chairman of the

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Aniene Rowing Club The Circolo Canottieri Aniene is an Italian multi-sport club based in Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of ...

in 1997 and then he was chairman of the organizing committee of the Italian Open of tennis. In 2000, Malagò became a member of the Executive of the

, dealing with many international sporting events organized in Italy, such as the European Volleyball Championship in 2005 and the World Swimming Championships in 2009. On 19 February 2013 he was resoundingly elected President of CONI against Raffaele Pagnozzi, secretary general of the Committee since 1993, who had the support of the outgoing President Gianni Petrucci and of the major sports federations including the

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. Malagò currently leads the organizing committee of the

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and

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Malago, Giovanni 1959 births Living people Italian men's futsal players Businesspeople from Rome Sportspeople from Rome Sports executives and administrators Italian International Olympic Committee members Presidents of the Organising Committees for the Olympic Games 20th-century Italian sportsmen

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