Charlie Stillitano
Charlie Stillitano | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Sports Executive Radio Presenter |
Charlie Stillitano is an American sports executive and radio presenter.
Biography
Stillitano played high school soccer at the Pingry School before becoming captain of the Princeton Tigers men's soccer team.[1]
Stillitano went on to get a law degree and eventually was named the venue director for Giants Stadium at the 1994 World Cup.[2] With Major League Soccer starting in 1996, Stillitano became the general manager of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars.[3]
In 2003, he was the largest shareholder of the promoter ChampionsWorld,[4] before moving on to Creative Arts Agency (organizers of the World Football Challenge) in 2007 which was bought out by Stephen M. Ross' Relevent Sports [sic] agency in 2012.[5] Stillitano is currently the chairman of Relevent.[6]
In March 2016, Stillitano had talks with representatives from Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, and Manchester United, where, among other things, they discussed a controversial proposal involving “restructuring the Champions League.”[7]
He is a radio daily talk show presenter for on the "The Football Show" for Sirius/XM Radio.
References
- ^ https://m.siriusxm.com/servlet/Satellite?c=StreamJockey&childpagename=SXM/StreamJockey/MOB_HostDetail&cid=1283874694623&pagename=SXM/Wrapper
- ^ Wahl, Grant. "Stillitano: World soccer's best connected American". www.si.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ^ Wahl, Grant. "Stillitano: World soccer's best connected American". www.si.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ^ "Stillitano brings soccer world to U.S."
- ^ "Charlie Stillitano rises, falls and returns to prominence in American soccer". Philly.com. 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Charlie Stillitano's Champions League plans are an insult to Leicester City – and football". The Guardian. 2016-03-04. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ^ "Charlie Stillitano's Champions League plans are an insult to Leicester City – and football". The Guardian. 2016-03-04. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-04.