František Laurinec (born 19 August 1951) is a football administrator who is a member of the

UEFA Executive Committee The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, ...

. He is a former president of

Slovak Football Association The Slovak Football Association (, SFZ) is the governing body of Association football in Slovakia. The association has the responsibility for the control and development of football in Slovakia, and is the body that runs the Slovakia national f ...

(SFZ).

Biography

Laurinec was born in

Veľké Uherce Veľké Uherce () is a village and municipality in Partizánske District in the Trenčín Region of western Slovakia. History In history, historical records the village was first mentioned in 1274 where it was mentioned as one of the first three ...

. He played football for Iskra Partizánske. From 1984 to 1990 he was a docent in Vysoká škola (higher school) of the

Sbor národní bezpečnosti The National Security Corps (; ; ZNB) was the national police in Czechoslovakia from 1945 to 1991. History At the end of World War II, on 4 April 1945, Edvard Beneš headed the first postwar government at Košice, dominated by the three social ...

Bratislava Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...

. Later Laurinec worked in

Czechoslovak Football Association The Czechoslovak Football Federation was the former national football federation of Czechoslovakia. History Founded in 1922, it succeeded the Bohemian football federation (Czech: Český Svaz Footballový) which had been founded in 1901 when Boh ...

(1989–93),

(1994–98) and football club

Inter Bratislava FK Inter Bratislava () is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, temporarily playing its home matches in Štadion Pasienky. History Inter Bratislava was founded in 1940 by the Apollo refinery (later renamed Slovnaft). Following the end o ...

. From 1999 until 2010 he was president of SFZ. In 2009 Laurinec became a member of the

Criticism

Interviews of several former football players and referees on corruption in Slovak football have caused a great deal of criticism towards Laurinec. From 1982 to 1989 - The companion Kommunist party Slovakia.

References

External links

František Laurinec at osobnosti.sk

1951 births Living people People from Partizánske District Czechoslovak communists StB Czechoslovak men's footballers Slovak men's footballers Members of the UEFA Executive Committee Men's association football players not categorized by position {{Slovakia-footy-bio-stub