Joan Gaspart i Solves (; born 11 October 1944) is a Spanish businessman and a former

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president between July 2000 and February 2003. He was born in

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. He was vice president of the club during the presidency of

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between 1978 and 2000, before becoming president himself. He was heavily criticised for his presidency that lasted from 2000 to 2003, and also labelled himself as a poor president of the club. Gaspart spent the money from the sale of

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, by buying

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and

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from

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and

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from

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. Gaspart stepped down as president of FC Barcelona in 2003 with the club's football two points off relegation. From 2004 to 2011 he was president of football club

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from Barcelona. In 2017, he became vice president of the

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(RFEF), and was responsible for

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's electoral campaign. Villar was president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation from 1988 to 2017, and vice president of both

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and

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References

External links

Gaspart at FC Barcelona website
1944 births Living people FC Barcelona presidents Businesspeople from Catalonia {{Catalonia-business-bio-stub