František Laurinec

František Laurinec
Born	(1951-08-19) 19 August 1951 (age 73) Veľké Uherce
Nationality	Slovak
Occupation	Lawyer
Known for	Member of the UEFA Executive Committee
Title	President of the Slovak Football Association
Term	1999–2010

František Laurinec (born 19 August 1951) is a football administrator who is a member of the UEFA Executive Committee. He is a former president of Slovak Football Association (SFZ).

Biography

Laurinec was born in Veľké Uherce. He played football for Iskra Partizánske.

From 1984 to 1990 he was a docent in Vysoká škola (higher school) of the Sbor národní bezpečnosti in Bratislava.^{[citation needed]}

Later Laurinec worked in Czechoslovak Football Association (1989–93), Slovak Football Association (1994–98) and football club Inter Bratislava. From 1999 until 2010 he was president of SFZ.^[1][2]

In 2009 Laurinec became a member of the UEFA Executive Committee.^[3]

Criticism

Interviews of several former football players and referees on corruption in Slovak football have caused a great deal of criticism towards Laurinec.^[4]

From 1982 to 1989 - The companion Kommunist party Slovakia.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Máme tendenciu zlepšovať sa" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
2. "Kováčik vysoko porazil Galisa, bude šéfovať futbalu".
3. "František Laurinec". 6 July 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
4. "Rozhodca Diňa o úplatkoch, šéf SFZ Laurinec reaguje".

External links

• František Laurinec at osobnosti.sk
• František Laurinec at uefa.org