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| birth_place = [[Lisbon]], Portugal |
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| charge = Peculation [cite<ref></ref>http://www.kaimtodner.com/extradition/judgment_joao_azevado.pdf <ref></ref>http://www.apcolaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/statement-joao-vale-e-azevedo.pdf ] |
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| charge = [[Money laundering]], [[fraud]]<ref>{{cite news|date=16 March 2012|title=Ex-Benfica president Joao Vale e Azevedo extradited to serve fraud prison sentence|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/16/ex-benfica-president-extradited-fraud-_n_1354508.html|newspaper=Huffington Post UK|access-date=15 June 2016}}</ref> |
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| conviction_penalty = Aggregated 11.5 years [cite <ref></ref>http://www.kaimtodner.com/extradition/judgment_joao_azevado.pdf ; <ref></ref>http://www.apcolaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/statement-joao-vale-e-azevedo.pdf ] |
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| conviction_status = Served [cite <ref></ref> http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/videos/sociedade/vale-e-azevedo-pede-passaporte-urgente-para-regressar-a-londres/57868ef10cf2edf5f6b59d39 ] |
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| conviction_status = On parole |
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| occupation = Investment Banker, Chairman of the Investment Committee of an Investment Bank based in London, former lawyer and former president of [[S.L. Benfica]][cite <ref></ref> http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/videos/sociedade/vale-e-azevedo-pede-passaporte-urgente-para-regressar-a-londres/57868ef10cf2edf5f6b59d39 ] |
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| spouse = Filipa Vale e Azevedo<ref>{{cite <ref></ref>http://www.apcolaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/statement-joao-vale-e-azevedo.pdf ] |
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| spouse = Filipa Vale e Azevedo<ref>{{cite news|date=7 June 2016|title=Vale e Azevedo deixou hoje a prisão da Carregueira|trans-title=Vale e Azevedo left the Carregueira prison today|url=http://diariodigital.sapo.pt/news.asp?id_news=828655|language=Portuguese|website=Diário Digital|access-date=15 June 2016}}</ref> |
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'''João António de Araújo Vale e Azevedo''' (born 17 May 1957) is an investment banker, Chairman of the Investment Committee of an Investment Bank based in London [cite <ref></ref>http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/videos/sociedade/vale-e-azevedo-pede-passaporte-urgente-para-regressar-a-londres/57868ef10cf2edf5f6b59d39 ] ,who was the 31st president of S.L. Benfica and a former Portuguese lawyer convicted of economic related offences allegedly to have been committed between 1993 and 1999 following his Presidency of S.L.Benfica. Vale e Azevedo have never accepted any of the charges and convictions brought against him and believe they have been motivated by political and personal reasons [[cite<ref></ref> http://www.apcolaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/statement-joao-vale-e-azevedo.pdf ]. He was also legal adviser to the Portuguese Prime Minister, Francisco Pinto Balsemao. As a qualified Lawyer he was member of the Portuguese Bar Association, International Bar Association, European Lawyer’s Union, American Bank Attorneys and Young Lawyers International Association (AIJA). For the past 30 years he have been Chairman, CEO, director, member of the board, adviser and/or lawyer of several European or Pan-European companies, listed and no listed, including major banks and financials institutional. He also developed business interests particularly in the sugar industry and in property [cite <ref></ref>http://www.apcolaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/statement-joao-vale-e-azevedo.pdf ; cite <ref></ref>http://www.kaimtodner.com/extradition/judgment_joao_azevado.pdf ] |
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'''João António de Araújo Vale e Azevedo''' (born 17 May 1957) is a former Portuguese [[lawyer]] and convicted [[money laundering|money launderer]], who was the [[List of S.L. Benfica presidents|31st president]] of [[S.L. Benfica]]. |
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==Presidency of Benfica== |
==Presidency of Benfica== |
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{{Infobox criminal
| name = João Vale e Azevedo
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 17 May 1957
| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal
| charge = Peculation [citeCite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).http://www.kaimtodner.com/extradition/judgment_joao_azevado.pdf Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).http://www.apcolaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/statement-joao-vale-e-azevedo.pdf ]
| conviction_penalty = Aggregated 11.5 years [cite Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).http://www.kaimtodner.com/extradition/judgment_joao_azevado.pdf ; Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).http://www.apcolaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/statement-joao-vale-e-azevedo.pdf ]
| conviction_status = Served [cite Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/videos/sociedade/vale-e-azevedo-pede-passaporte-urgente-para-regressar-a-londres/57868ef10cf2edf5f6b59d39 ]
| occupation = Investment Banker, Chairman of the Investment Committee of an Investment Bank based in London, former lawyer and former president of S.L. Benfica[cite Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/videos/sociedade/vale-e-azevedo-pede-passaporte-urgente-para-regressar-a-londres/57868ef10cf2edf5f6b59d39 ]
| spouse = Filipa Vale e AzevedoCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).http://www.apcolaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/statement-joao-vale-e-azevedo.pdf ]
João António de Araújo Vale e Azevedo (born 17 May 1957) is an investment banker, Chairman of the Investment Committee of an Investment Bank based in London [cite Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/videos/sociedade/vale-e-azevedo-pede-passaporte-urgente-para-regressar-a-londres/57868ef10cf2edf5f6b59d39 ] ,who was the 31st president of S.L. Benfica and a former Portuguese lawyer convicted of economic related offences allegedly to have been committed between 1993 and 1999 following his Presidency of S.L.Benfica. Vale e Azevedo have never accepted any of the charges and convictions brought against him and believe they have been motivated by political and personal reasons [[citeCite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page). http://www.apcolaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/statement-joao-vale-e-azevedo.pdf ]. He was also legal adviser to the Portuguese Prime Minister, Francisco Pinto Balsemao. As a qualified Lawyer he was member of the Portuguese Bar Association, International Bar Association, European Lawyer’s Union, American Bank Attorneys and Young Lawyers International Association (AIJA). For the past 30 years he have been Chairman, CEO, director, member of the board, adviser and/or lawyer of several European or Pan-European companies, listed and no listed, including major banks and financials institutional. He also developed business interests particularly in the sugar industry and in property [cite Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).http://www.apcolaco.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/statement-joao-vale-e-azevedo.pdf ; cite Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).http://www.kaimtodner.com/extradition/judgment_joao_azevado.pdf ]
Presidency of Benfica
On 31 October 1997, Vale e Azevedo was elected as the 31st president of Portuguese club S.L. Benfica, succeding Manuel Damásio, in the second most contested elections in the club's history.[1] He won the elections with 51.5% of 19,824 votes. Soon after, he signed Graeme Souness as coach of the football team. One year and a half later, Souness left the club and stated: "Vale e Azevedo lies when he looks in the eyes. Be careful, this man is dangerous".[2][3]
On 6 November, Vale e Azevedo declared void three contracts between Benfica and Olivedesportos, and announced to take the case to court. These contracts, which were related to static advertising and broadcasting rights of Benfica football matches, had been signed on 28 March 1996 by his predecessor, Damásio. Eight days later, Vale e Azevedo signed an agreement protocol with SIC for the broadcasting of Benfica matches at the Estádio da Luz for the 1997–98 season. Then, on 8 February 1999, Benfica signed a contract with SIC for the broadcasting rights of all home matches in the league between 1999–2000 and 2003–04 seasons. On 2 November 2000, the three contracts with Olivedesportos were deemed void by the court.[4]
During his three-year presidency, which ended on 31 October 2000, Benfica accumulated huge debts and occasionally was not able to pay taxes or players' salaries.[5] Moreover, the football team did not win any silverware. Some of his highlights were the "discovery" of coach José Mourinho and the cycling team's Volta a Portugal victory in 1999.[6] Vale e Azevedo was succeeded by Manuel Vilarinho.[1]
Imprisonment
On 16 February 2001, Vale e Azevedo was detained and put under arrest at his home in Almoçageme, Sintra. Months later, on 7 August, Vale e Azevedo was sent to jail. Prosecutors were concerned that he would leave the country or tamper with evidence. They investigated allegations that he kept at least $1 million (£680,000), from the football transfer of Sergei Ovchinnikov from Benfica to Alverca FC, and laundered cash through offshore banks in the British Virgin Islands.[2] They investigated a total of 14 counts of embezzlement. At the time it was reported that Vale e Azevedo's yacht, Lucky Me, was paid with part of that money.[5][2]
On 17 April 2002, he was sentenced to four and a half years in the "Ovchinnikov" case and was detained in Lisbon. On 8 July 2004, he was out on €250,000 bail, in relation to the "Euroárea" case. On 30 March 2007, he was sentenced to five years in prison in the "Ribafria" case. Months later, on 11 July, he was again sentenced to prison, this time to seven and a half years for two crimes in the "Dantas da Cunha" case. On 5 May 2008, the National Republican Guard went to his house to detain him in connection to the latter case but he was in London, England. Two months later, he was voluntarily arrested at the police station in Belgravia, west London, on 8 July following a European Arrest Warrant.[2][7]
On 13 November 2012, he was extradited to Portugal. He was then sentenced to ten years in prison on 2 July 2013, for six crimes, and ordered to pay Benfica around €7 million for the money he kept from the transfers of footballers: Scott Minto (£500,000), Gary Charles (£1,200,000) and Tahar El Khalej ($850,000).[8] On 7 June 2016, he was released from prison on parole after serving five-sixths of the 11.5-year sentence.[9][10]
Honours
List of trophies won by the club during Vale e Azevedo's presidency:
- 1 Volta a Portugal: 1999[6]
- 1 Portuguese League: 1997–98
- 1 Portuguese Cup: 1999–2000
- 1 Portuguese Super Cup: 1998
References
- ^ a b https://www.publico.pt/noticia/vieira-reeleito-na-presidencia-do-benfica-com-83-dos-votos-1569011
- ^ a b c d "Vale e Azevedo: cronologia dos acontecimentos" [Vale e Azevedo: chronology of events]. TVI24 (in Portuguese). 8 July 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ Madureira, Nuno (14 February 2014). "A noite em que Möller-Nielsen ficou às portas do Benfica" [The night that Möller-Nielsen almost joined Benfica]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ "Benfica-Olivedesportos - cronologia de um caso" [Benfica-Olivedesportos - chronology of a case]. Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 3 November 2000. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Benfica face financial uncertainty". BBC Sport. 25 September 2001. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ a b "João Vale e Azevedo". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ^ "Former Benfica president arrested". BBC News. 8 July 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ Durão Machado, Catarina (3 July 2013). "Vale e Azevedo condenado a mais dez anos de prisão" [Vale e Azevedo sentenced to ten more years in prison]. Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ "Vale e Azevedo já foi libertado" [Vale e Azevedo has been released]. Público (in Portuguese). 7 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ "Vale e Azevedo deixa prisão em liberdade condicional" [João Vale e Azevedo leaves prison on parole]. SAPO. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.