Bruno de Carvalho
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8 February 1972
Bruno de Carvalho | |
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_cropped.jpg) Carvalho in 2017 | |
| 42nd President of Sporting CP | |
| In office 23 March 2013 – 23 June 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Luís Godinho Lopes |
| Succeeded by | Frederico Varandas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bruno Miguel de Azevedo Gaspar de Carvalho 8 February 1972 |
Bruno Miguel de Azevedo Gaspar de Carvalho (born 8 February 1972) is a Portuguese businessman,[1] sports commentator[2][3] and DJ[4] who was the 42nd president of sports club Sporting CP from 2013 to 2018.[5][6] He became the first Sporting president to be dismissed by associates of the club, fifteen months after being re-elected with 87% of votes.[7]
Carvalho was born in 1972 in the city of Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), which was by then the main administrative centre of the Portuguese overseas territory of Mozambique. In 1975, the year when the Portugal-ruled territory became independent from Portugal as the People's Republic of Mozambique, he left Mozambique to live in Portugal and, at the age of almost four, settled with his family in Lisbon. He studied at the Marquesa de Alorna preparatory school and went to Maria Amália Vaz de Carvalho secondary school. His mother was an employee of Pinto Balsemão's office in the Portuguese Parliament. His great uncle was the admiral and eventual Prime Minister of Portugal, José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, who was a brother of his grandfather, Eduardo de Azevedo, a writer. He was a boy scout from the age of 10 to 14, a rugby player from 14 to 16 and a regional wrestling champion a year later. In 1985, Carvalho joined Juventude Leonina. When he was 20 years old, he set up camp in front of Gate 10 A of the José de Alvalade Stadium, demanding a tribute from the club to his grandfather, the writer Eduardo de Azevedo, author of A História e Vida do Sporting Clube de Portugal. Impressed by his determination, Sporting CP's president Sousa Cintra agreed to receive Carvalho and pay his respects to Carvalho's grandfather. He was awarded a degree in management (Instituto Superior de Gestão) and a master's degree in sports management from the Faculdade de Motricidade Humana and the Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão.[8] In 2000, he attended a UEFA coaching course. Bruno Carvalho set up his own company in the construction and refurbishment sector. He sold it in 2009 to found, in the same field, the company Soluções Atelier.[9][8][1] In March 2009, Carvalho founded and presided Fundação de Solidariedade Social Aragão Pinto,[10] a foundation dedicated to support the social integration of at-risk youth through sports. In the first year of activity, the foundation helped over 1200 children through partnerships with local sporting clubs and associations representing 15 different sporting activities.[11] From 2009 to 2011, he was vice-president of Sporting CP's roller hockey department.[8][12] On 27 March 2011, Carvalho was a candidate to the presidency of Sporting but eventually lost the elections to Godinho Lopes. During the election night, Carvalho, despite winning the popular vote with over 1500 more voters, lost by a mere 360 votes. Due to this, Godinho Lopes, as president-elect, was not able to speak to the crowd of associates waiting for the results, and it was Carvalho who managed to calm the crowd down.[13] The election results were contested by Carvalho with allegations of irregularities as well as requests for a recount having been rejected by the General Assembly President of the club at the time, Lino de Castro.[14]