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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 April 2025, Madrid's Provincial Court found Carlo Ancelotti, who previously coached Real Madrid, guilty of tax fraud committed in 2014 and imposed a one-year prison term along with a fine of €386,361.
- The sentencing followed a trial held on April 2 and 3, where prosecutors alleged Ancelotti failed to pay over €1 million in taxes related to image rights during 2014 and 2015.
- Ancelotti denied intending to defraud the tax authorities and claimed he acted on legal and financial advice from Real Madrid and its consultants, settling the debt in December 2021.
- The court upheld the state's right to recover €386,361 in civil damages for 2014, acquitted Ancelotti of similar 2015 charges, and barred him from public subsidies in Spain for three years.
- Spanish law exempts non-violent, first-time offenders from prison for sentences under two years, so Ancelotti is not expected to serve jail time despite the conviction and fine.
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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.
Ex Real Madrid boss sentenced to one year in prison for tax evasion
The now Brazil national team head coach was found guilty of evading taxes on his image rights in 2014. Although he will probably not serve the prison term, he'll have to pay a fine and is set to be disqualified from receiving tax benefits in Spain for three years.
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