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Aldo Spinelli (January 4, 1940, Palmi, Italy) is an Italian entrepreneur and sports executive. Aldo Spinelli was born in 1940 in Palmi, Calabria, Italy.

Biography

His father Roberto died on February 19, 1958, at the age of 42, in the shipwreck of the ship Bonitas owned by Ravano off the coast of Virginia.[1]

Thanks to the American insurance compensation for his father's death and many promissory notes, Aldo acquired the Almea transport company in 1963 at the age of 23, which already had significant financial problems. He renamed it Rebora, changed the color of the trucks from blue to yellow, and gradually shifted the company's focus to logistics and container transport by adapting the company's trailers for this type of transport.[2]

On December 27, 1990, he was named Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by President Francesco Cossiga, on the proposal of the Prime Minister's Office.[3]

Career

From 1997 to 2002, he also entered politics as a municipal councilor in Genoa for the PRI-Socialists list under the first administration of Mayor Giuseppe Pericu.[4][5]

Genoa

On May 7, 1985, Spinelli took over the Genoa CFC in Serie B. During his 13 seasons leading the club (6 years in Serie A), he achieved several successes in the club's post-war history, including reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, winning among other matches, the home and away games against Liverpool (the first Italian team to win at Anfield), and the Anglo-Italian Cup.[6][7][8][9]

He left the presidency of the Genoa club on October 11, 1997.[6][7][8][10]

Livorno

On March 1, 1999, he became president of US Livorno 1915.[7][11] He applied his experience from managing Genoa to lead Livorno from Serie C1 to Serie A in 2004, with four consecutive seasons in the top tier and a participation in the UEFA Cup in the 2006–2007 season, reaching the round of 32. After just one year in Serie B due to relegation in 2008, Spinelli brought Livorno back to Serie A in June 2009, but the team did not manage to avoid another relegation.[9]

After three seasons in Serie B, the "amaranto" returned to Serie A on June 2, 2013, but due to many difficulties, they were relegated again at the end of the season. In April 2014, Spinelli began negotiations to sell the club to Livorno native Stefano Bandecchi, an entrepreneur and founder of Niccolò Cusano University, but the deal fell through.[12]

In the 2014–2015 season, the team missed the playoffs (lost in the last match with Pescara), and the following year, it was relegated to Serie C after 14 years.[13]

Honours

References

  1. ^ Carlo Gatti (11 February 2012). "La "carretta" Bonitas di Ravano naufraga davanti a Norfolk, 19 febbraio 1958, ore 5.00". marenostrumrapallo.it. Archived from the original on 2022-01-25.
  2. ^ Angeli, Matteo (21 June 2024). "Spinelli e quell'abbraccio negato che fa riflettere". primocanale.it. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  3. ^ a b "Spinelli Sig. Aldo. Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana". quirinale.it. 1990-12-27. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  4. ^ "Aldo Spinelli, la rete di relazioni tra "utilità" e regali di lusso: la suite a Montecarlo e i trattamenti estetici". Corriere della Calabria (in Italian). 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  5. ^ "Gli 80 anni di Aldo Spinelli". genova3000.it. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  6. ^ a b "calcio e logistica:il ritrattone di aldo spinelli, l'imprenditore arrestato per corruzione". m.dagospia.com. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  7. ^ a b c "Aldo Spinelli ricco con i porti, famoso con il calcio: dal Genoa al Livorno, storia dell'imprenditore arrestato che vestiva di giallo". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  8. ^ a b "Aldo Spinelli - Manager profile". www.transfermarkt.com. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  9. ^ a b Cosentini, Luca (2024-05-07). "Chi è Aldo Spinelli, il presidente del miglior Genoa nel dopoguerra". Calcio e Finanza (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  10. ^ "A tale of one city". UEFA.com. 2003-06-03. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  11. ^ Livorno Story - Videoteca Amaranto (2018-05-21). "L'avvento di Aldo Spinelli nell' A.S. Livorno Calcio" (01-03-1999). Retrieved 2024-07-16 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ "Spinelli: «Sistema arbitrale marcio, esco per sempre da questo calcio»". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-01-26.
  13. ^ "Livorno-Lanciano 2-2: partita drammatica, gli amaranto retrocedono". lanazione.it. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
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