Charles Villeneuve

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Charles Villeneuve
Ludovic Giuly et Charles Villeneuve au Camp des Loges.jpg
Villeneuve (right) with PSG player Ludovic Giuly
Born
Charles Leroy

(1941-07-19) 19 July 1941 (age 83)
Beirut, Lebanon
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]

References

  1. ↑ "Charles Villeneuve nommé président du PSG" [Charles Villeneuve named president of PSG]. Le Monde (in French). AFP. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Charles Villeneuve aux commandes du PSG" [Charles Villeneuve in command of PSG]. Le Figaro (in French). 27 May 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  3. ↑ Lyttleton, Ben (20 January 2009). "Boardroom blitz leaves PSG shaky". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2018.


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