Who is Javier Tebas? All you need to know about the La Liga President
All you need to know about La Liga president Javier Tebas
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Javier Tebas Medrano is a Spanish lawyer. One of the most influential leaders in world football, he is the president of Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, also known as La Liga. In December 2019, he was re-elected for a third term until 2024.
His expertise in business, sports and bankruptcy law was decisive in advising and representing numerous football clubs throughout his career and in creating a law firm specializing in the world of sports.
Tebas has been a loud critic of the European Super League. He has been against the idea of the Super League from the beginning. After Real Madrid’s win in the UEFA Champions League, Tebas said that he is a fan of Los Blancos. He has also crucified English club Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain for “ruining football”. One of the biggest clubs in the world, Real Madrid is also a part of the Super League project.
However, after criticising BArcelona’s involvement in the Negreira scandal, Tebas said earlier in March that Lionel Messi should come back to Camp Nou. The Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo rivalry skyrocketed the revenue of La Liga. Ronaldo later left to join Serie A giants Juventus and Manchester United and then left European football altogether to join Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia.
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Javier Tebas Career
Tebas has worked for eleven different La Liga clubs, with his first one being appointed president of SD Huesca in 1993. He served three terms as the Vice-President of La Liga, being elected for the first time in 2001, and also worked for the G30 group of clubs, where he helped the clubs negotiate their television deals.
Among the various positions he holds as president of LaLiga are Member of the Board of Trustees of the Professional Soccer Foundation since 2013; Vice Chairman of the SEFPSAU Board of Directors since 2009 and President of the same since 2013; he is also a member of the Administrative Board of the following subsidiaries since 2016: LaLiga USA Inc.; LaLiga South Africa Proprietary Limited; Beijing Spanish Football League Consulting Co. Ltd.
In 2013, Tebas was appointed the president of La Liga after an uncontested election in which he was supported by 32 of the 42 La Liga and Segunda División clubs. Prior to the election, Tebas had promised to clean up the Spanish game after match-fixing allegations, and also to make match tickets affordable.
Javier Tebas net worth
Javier Tebas is one of the richest lawyers & listed as one of the most popular lawyers. His net worth is around $5 million.
Tebas is a supporter of Real Madrid, although he has said that this does not affect his neutrality as president. The arrival of Javier Tebas as president saw a radical change in the performance of La Liga.
Javier Tebas education
Tebas studied law at the University of Zaragoza. During his student days, he was a provincial delegate of the far-right party’s youth, Fuerza Nueva, a reminiscence of Franco’s regime nostalgics.
Javier Tebas controversies
Shortly after Tebas’ appointment as La Liga president, former Spanish coach Javier Clemente compared Tebas to a Nazi concentration camp boss, due to his affiliation with the right-wing Youth New Force in the 1980s.
During his tenure, Tebas has said that Spanish league matches could be held outside of Spain, although he has said that El Clásico will only be held in Spain, and has also said that if the Catalonia region became independent from Spain, then its football team, including FC Barcelona, would not be allowed to compete in the Spanish football leagues.
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