Claudio Lotito (born 9 May 1957) is an Italian entrepreneur and politician. He is the owner and president of the Serie A football club Lazio since 2004.

Claudio Lotito
Lotito in 2022.
Member of the Senate
Assumed office
13 October 2022
ConstituencyMolise
Personal details
Born (1957-05-09) 9 May 1957 (age 67)
Rome, Italy
Political partyForza Italia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Alma materSapienza University of Rome
ProfessionEntrepreneur

Lotito earned his high school diploma in Classics at Ugo Foscolo Classical Lyceum in Albano Laziale and a Bachelor of Arts in pedagogy cum laude from the University of Rome I "La Sapienza".

Lotito was banned from football for two and a half years in July 2006 for his involvement in the 2006 Italian football scandal.[1] Lotito got banned again for ten months due to third-party ownership of Mauro Zárate and Julio Ricardo Cruz. However, it was shortened to two months after the appeal.[2] In 2018, he was second on the electoral list for the Senate in the Caserta-Avellino-Benevento district, close to Naples, for the coalition around Silvio Berlusconi[3] In March 2021, he was banned from football for two months due to Lazio breaching COVID-19 protocols.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Appello: Juve in B a meno 17 Milan, Fiorentina e Lazio in A" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 25 July 2006.
  2. ^ "Comunicato Ufficiale N°288/CGF (2011–12)" (PDF). Corte di Giustizia Federale (in Italian). FIGC. 7 June 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Sibilia e Lotito, dal fallimento in Federcalcio al paracadute in politica" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Lazio, caso tamponi: Lotito inibito due mesi, cinque per i medici Pulcini e Rodia" (in Italian). Sky Sport.