Charles Villeneuve | |
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![]() Villeneuve (right) with PSG player Ludovic Giuly | |
Born | Charles Leroy 19 July 1941 |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Television journalist |
Charles Villeneuve (born Charles Leroy; [1] 19 July 1941) is a French journalist.
He was the sports director of the television channel TF1. [2]
On 27 May 2008, he was named as president of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. ahead of the new season, after the one-month interim of Simon Tahar; PSG had narrowly avoided relegation from Ligue 1. [2] He was the third journalist to hold the post, after Michel Denisot and Charles Biétry in the 1990s. [2]
In January 2009, he wrote a letter to the club's board in which he criticised their lack of investment. The letter was leaked to Le Parisien . He was then dismissed by owners Colony Capital, whose president Sébastien Bazin took that position at the club. [3]