Gianni Petrucci named vice president of Salernitana

Gianni Petrucci appointed vice president of Salernitana

The presence of Gianni Petrucci in Salernitana is strengthened. The current number one of the Italian Basketball Federation è was, in fact, appointed vice-president of the Campania club.

Petrucci was already a member of the Salernitana board of directors. Earlier in the day, the Board of Directors, chaired by President Danilo Iervolino and composed of CEO Maurizio Milan and board members Angelo Giovanni Ientile and Alessandro Civitella, resolved to appoint Petrucci "as vice president of Salernitana with responsibility for institutional relations on the basis of his great experience and personal prestige".

Petrucci in his sports career è has been secretary general of the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio, executive vice president of A.S. Roma, president of Coni for four consecutive terms, extraordinary commissioner of Figc. He also received from President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi the honor of Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana.

"Being able to hold this office è an additional satisfaction in my life" said Petrucci. "I joined the Football League in Milan as a young man and today I am as excited as I was then because being at Salernitana è an honor. This è a great club è and I am convinced in salvation; we have all the possibilities è to save ourselves, the team is showing character and the last few games have been lost in the dying minutes. I thank President Iervolino, one of the most relevant presidents of Italian soccer who is bringing important novelties that will be discussed soon and who has undertaken a new policy in this world. Forza Salernitana!".