Adriano Galliani (born 30 July 1944 in Monza[1]) is an Italian entrepreneur involved in Italian football. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Monza ( Munscia in Western Lombard) is a city on the river Lambro, a tributary of the Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
He is most famously known as being both the past CEO of AC Milan and past President of Serie A. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to by the abbreviation Milan, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Serie A (officially known as the Lega Calcio Serie A TIM for Sponsorship reasons is a professional league competition for football clubs located Galliani was forced to resign from both these positions in the summer of 2006 due to the findings of the Calciopoli investigations into match fixing in Italian football. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The 2006 Italian football scandal (Italian more common names Calciopoli or Moggiopoli, sometimes referred to as Calciocaos) involved Italy 's In organized Sports, match fixing or game fixing occurs when a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result Because of this tribunal, Galliani was handed a 1 year ban from football, where he cannot hold any formal football administrative titles in Italy. This was reduced to 9 months and then further reduced to 5 months upon appeal. [2]
Galliani is also the current president of A. C. Milan after Silvio Berlusconi stepped down since becoming the Prime Minister of Italy for a third time.
Galliani is also famous for his looks. With his bald head and thick eyebrows, he is also known by his nickname "Uncle Fester", a character from The Addams Family. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. Uncle Fester is a member of the fictional Addams Family. He was played by Jackie Coogan (famous as Charlie Chaplin 's sidekick in The The Addams Family are a group of fictional characters created by American Cartoonist Charles Addams. [3]