1. Sandro Mencucci previously was CEO and a board director of the Italian Serie A football club ACF Fiorentina from August 2002 to 2019.
13 Facts About Sandro Mencucci
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In 2007, Sandro Mencucci became the president of the Promesse Viola Srl, the official youth academy for the club.
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In 2014, Sandro Mencucci, became the President of International Development Players LLC, a youth development academy under the guidance of the youth sector division of the club with its headquarters in the United States.
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In 2015, Sandro Mencucci became president of the Fiorentina Fiorentina Women's Football Club, the first-ever professionally affiliated women's football club in the history of Italy.
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In November 2017, Sandro Mencucci was inducted into the Fiorentina Hall of Fame in a ceremony organized by the Museo Fiorentina and ACF Fiorentina.
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Sandro Mencucci led the club from its initial insertion into Serie C2, Italian fourth division, to its promotion back to Serie A in 2004.
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Sandro Mencucci implemented the Della Valle initiative and became the first Serie A club to financially sustain a non-profit association, Save the Children.
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Since 2007, Sandro Mencucci led all of ACF Fiorentina's international initiatives, which were first launched in the United States of America and were designed to identify young talented players and spread the expertise and culture of the club.
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Sandro Mencucci has been engaged in further initiatives in the United States, Switzerland, India, Vietnam, China and Japan.
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From 2007 to 2019, Sandro Mencucci was president of the Promesse Viola, the development academy for the Italian youth sector.
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Sandro Mencucci dedicated himself to the creation of this innovative youth initiative recognized in Italy and worldwide with the principal aim to develop and train talented professional footballers by providing athletes from 10 to 19 years old technical-sporting development.
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Sandro Mencucci helped form FC Pune City in 2014, which participated in the ISL in its inaugural season.
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From 2015 to 2019, Sandro Mencucci spearheaded a professional football initiative for women athletes of the Della Valle family as president of the Fiorentina Women's Football Club, the first ever professionally affiliated women's football club in the history of Italy.