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Spanish court sentences Carlo Ancelotti to one-year prison term for tax fraud
SPAIN, JUL 9 – Ancelotti was fined €386,000 and will likely avoid jail due to Spanish law for first-time non-violent offenders, despite being convicted of evading taxes on image rights.
- In 2025, a court in Madrid handed former Real Madrid coach and current Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti a one-year prison term for tax fraud involving his 2014 image rights earnings.
- The conviction came after an early April 2025 trial in which prosecutors requested almost five years of incarceration for two separate tax evasion charges involving more than one million euros in unpaid taxes.
- Ancelotti stated during the trial that he acted based on the guidance of Real Madrid and its tax advisors, denied any intent to evade taxes, and paid off the outstanding debt of over one million euros in full by December 2021 prior to his sentencing.
- He faced a fine of €386,361 and a three-year ban from receiving public aid in Spain, while Spanish law suggests he likely will not serve prison time for this non-violent offense.
- This ruling highlights ongoing tax-related legal challenges for high-profile football figures in Spain and coincides with Ancelotti's recent career transition to lead Brazil toward the 2026 World Cup.
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The coach of the Brazilian National Team, Carlo Ancelotti, was sentenced this Wednesday to one year in prison for a crime against the Spanish Public Treasury during fiscal year 2014; he was acquitted of another equal in 2015. In addition, he will have to pay a fine of 386,361.93 euros (almost 8.5 million pesos MXN to change) and to the loss of public aids or subsidies as well as the right to enjoy tax benefits or incentives or social security fo…
A Spanish court sentenced Brazilian coach Carlo Ancelotti on Wednesday to one year in prison for tax fraud when he was coach of Real Madrid in 2014.
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