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Sandro Rosell i Feliu

Title President
Organization FC Barcelona

Sandro Rosell assumed the role of president of the Barcelona football (soccer) club on July 1, 2010, after enjoying an overwhelming victory in the elections on June 13, where he secured 61.35 percent of a record turnout of 57,088 voters.

Having been linked with sport for many years, Rosell takes over the helm of FC Barcelona with an extensive knowledge of how the club operates and of the world of football. A graduate in company administration, he gained an MBA at ESADE Business School, and has develop his professional career in sport marketing and football. Rosell is a founding member of Bonus Sports Marketing company, held top executive roles for Nike both in Spain and Brazil, and held a marketing position on the Barcelona Olympic Games committee in  charge of the organization of the 1992 Summer Olympic Games.

Having been a club member since October 4, 1970, Rosell has always been linked with Barça and with football. He was a ball boy in Camp Nou, like Pep Guardiola, when young. The president played regularly for Penya Barcelonista de Collblanc and appeared for l’Hospitalet in the Spanish third tier, la Segunda B.

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More Than a Goal: Success and Social Responsibility

My grandfather, towards the end of his life, used to tell me that he thought life was like a theatre, with its scenery and its stage, where you can choose to be an actor or a member of the audience. All of us can be actors, each of us in our own world, our own circle, profession, or activity.

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