Julio Franzini
Ing. Julio César "Cholo" Franzini Molinari (November 5, 1926 – June 2, 2017)[1][2] was a Uruguayan public administrator and association football executive.
Franzini earned a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from the University of Massachusetts in the United States in the 1950s. He contributed to the establishment of the first Uruguayan television channel, Saeta TV Channel 10. A member of the Colorado Party, he administered the (SOYP) in the 1960s, inaugurating the first fishing terminal in Uruguay, and was ambassador of Uruguay to Egypt in the late 1990s.[3]
Franzini was the President of Defensor Sporting when the team were crowned champions in 1976, making them the first team other than Nacional and Peñarol to win the Uruguayan Championship.[4]
He was President of the Uruguayan Football Association (Spanish: Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol — AUF) between 1988 and 1989.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Julio César Franzini Molinari". Geni. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
- ^ "Falleció Julio César Franzini" [Julio César Franzini has died] (in Spanish). Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
- ^ "Julio César Franzini Molinari". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). June 5, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
- ^ a b "Falleció el expresidente de Defensor Sporting Julio César Franzini" [The former president of Defensor Sporting Julio César Franzini has died] (in Spanish). Telemundo. June 2, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
- 1926 births
- 2017 deaths
- Defensor Sporting
- Presidents of the Uruguayan Football Association
- Ambassadors of Uruguay to Egypt