Carlo Tavecchio, former FIGC president, has died
He was 79 years old and two years ago he was elected head of the Lombardy NLD. The funeral on Monday in Ponte Lambro
Carlo Tavecchio, here in 2016 in Coverciano on the day of Giampiero Ventura's presentation as blue coach (Archive)
Carlo Taveccio died this morning.
The former president of the Football Federation, a position held from 2014 to 2017, was 79 years old.
In his managerial career he was also president of the National Amateur League.
The funeral will be celebrated on Monday in Ponte Lambro.
After Italy led by Ventura failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, he resigned as president of the FIGC, a position he held from 11 August 2014 to 20 November 2017. He had been head of the national LND since 1999. On 9 January 2021, At the age of 77 he was elected president of the Lnd Lombardia, in opposition, in the national team, to the then national president Cosimo Sibilia, who later resigned .
(Unioneonline/lopi)
