Mateu Alemany


Mateu Alemany Font (born 24 February 1963) is a Spanish executive and former president of RCD Mallorca during two tenures. Between 2017 and November 2019 was the General Director at Valencia CF, and was most recently director of football at FC Barcelona.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Alemany and the second or maternal family name is Font.
Mateu Alemany Font
Born (1963-02-24) 24 February 1963
Andratx, Balearic Islands, Spain
NationalitySpanish
CitizenshipSpanish
Education
Occupations
  • Deputy Managing Director at RCD Mallorca (1990–1993)
  • CEO of RCD Mallorca (1993–2000)
  • President of RCD Mallorca (2000–2005, 2009–2010)
  • General Director of Valencia CF (2017–2019)
  • Football director of FC Barcelona (2021–2023)

Career path

Alemany was born on 24 February 1963 in Andratx, Mallorca. In 1985 he obtained a law degree from the University of the Balearic Islands; he later obtained a master's degree in Financial Accounting.[1]

In 1990 he was made Deputy Managing Director at RCD Mallorca. In 1993, under the presidency of Bartolomé Beltrán he became the Chief Executive Officer of the club.

During his period as CEO, the club experienced several institutional changes, such as the purchase of the club by Grupo Zeta and the arrival of Antonio Asensio as president.

Florentino Pérez won the elections for the presidency of Real Madrid in 2000, and offered Mateu Alemany the position of General Director of the club, which Alemany rejected.[2] Alemany then proceeded to take over the presidency of Mallorca, replacing Guillem Reynés.[3] During the presidenсy of Alemany, Mallorca achieved victory in the 2003 Copa del Rey final, with goals scored by Walter Pandiani and Samuel Eto'o.[4]

Alemany arranged the purchase of Eto'o for a club record £4.4 million fee; Eto'o departed Mallorca as the club's all-time leading domestic league scorer (54 goals) when he signed for Barcelona in the summer of 2004 for a transfer fee of €24 million, after lengthy, three-way negotiations with Mallorca and Madrid.[5] In 2005, Alemany left the presidency of the club, as Mallorca was on the brink of relegation, in spite of several player signings and the return of manager Héctor Cúper.[6][7][8]

In 2007, he led an unsuccessful candidacy for the presidency of the Royal Spanish Football Federation.[9] In 2009 Alemany returned to Mallorca as club president.[10] He left the role in June 2010, and sold his shares in the club to Lorenzo Serra Ferrer.[11][12]

On 27 March 2017, Mateu Alemany was named the General Director of Valencia CF.[13] On November 7, 2019, he was dismissed from the position.[14]

On March 26 2021, he took office as football director of FC Barcelona under the presidency of Joan Laporta. He was initially set to leave on June 30, 2023, but decided to stay, but then decided to leave again after new sporting director Deco was given full power. He officially left Barcelona on September 2, 2023.[15]

References
  1. "L'etapa Alemany no s'ha acabat". dBalears (in Catalan). 2000-08-30. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  2. "Laporta's latest signing: He's a killer, the number one". MARCA. 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  3. "Mateu Alemany ja és el president del Mallorca". dBalears (in Catalan). 2000-08-31. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  4. "Mallorca win King's Cup". Eurosport. 28 June 2003. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  5. McCoy, Tim (26 August 2004). "Six to watch in the Primera Liga". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 November 2008.
  6. "Mallorca coach Hector Cuper resigns". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  7. "Alemany leaves Mallorca". Eurosport. 2005-06-07. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  8. "Mateo Alemany: En cinco años de presidente vendimos por 13.000 millones - Marca.com". archivo.marca.com. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  9. "Valencia appoint Alemany as CEO". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  10. "Alemany back at Mallorca". Eurosport. 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  11. EFE//Iusport. "Mateu Alemany llevó al Mallorca a la Liga de Campeones y al concurso de acreedores". IUSPORT: EL OTRO LADO DEL DEPORTE (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  12. "Former coach Serra Ferrer buys struggling Real Mallorca". Reuters. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  13. "DEPORTeS Mateu Alemany, nuevo Director General del Valencia CF". elmundo.es. 27 March 2017.
  14. "OFFICIAL: Valencia sack Mateu Alemany". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  15. Millar, Colin (2021-03-26). "The men in charge of Barcelona's transfer business". Football España. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
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