| Luis Filipe Vieira | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 June 1949 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Occupation | Chairman of S.L. Benfica and CEO for Inland SA |
| Spouse | Vanda Vieira |
| Children | Tiago Vieira & Sara Vieira |
Luís Filipe Vieira Ferreira (born 22 June 1949 in Lisbon), also known as "LFV" in Portugal, is a Portuguese businessman who is currently the chairman of Portuguese sports club Benfica. He was previously chairman of the sports club Alverca Futebol Clube.
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Despite only completing the fourth grade of his elementary education, Ferreira went on to found a tire wholesaling and a real estate business.[1]
Luís Filipe Vieira was the President of Alverca Futebol Clube for a couple of years, at a time when the Angolan player Pedro Mantorras was a rising young star at the Alverca side, and Alverca an affiliated satellite football club for parent club Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
On 3 November 2003, Vieira was elected by Benfica's associate members the 33rd President of the club, succeeding Manuel Vilarinho. He was committed to bring Benfica back to its European glory.
The name of the President of the Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Luís Filipe Vieira was involved in the process golden whistle for allegedly agreed to the match referee of the semi-finals of the Cup of Portugal in the 2003/2004 season in which Benfica won the Belenenses by 3 -1. Luis Filipe Vieira protest by the referee appointed to the game is not Paulo Paraty, as had been transmitted by an official of the Board of Arbitration of the Federation to a lawyer with connections to Benfica. After heated discussion, combines with one responsible by the Portuguese football, other referee for the game.[2]
In the 2004–05 football season, the club won the SuperLiga, with the Italian Giovanni Trapattoni as manager. In the 2005–06 season, he hired Ronald Koeman, a Dutch international and former AFC Ajax coach, as manager. He guided Benfica to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champion's League, knocking out the defending champions Liverpool. Under his management, Benfica reached over 160,000 associate members in 2006, and was recognized by the Guinness World Records as the largest sports club in the world by number of registered paying associates.[3]
The Benfica Cycling Team was reactivated, women's triathlon star Vanessa Fernandes signed with the club. For the 2006–07 season, Vieira hired Portuguese manager Fernando Santos as the new coach for the football team. The team also signed veteran footballer Rui Costa, who wished to back at his beloved club Benfica after a long stint in the Italian Serie A.
During his term as chairman of Benfica, in May 2007, the Benfica - Futebol, S.A.D. (the professional football department sports company) was listed on the Portuguese stock exchange Euronext Lisbon. Vieira and former Benfica chairman Manuel Vilarinho have a large share of the Benfica's stock, and are among the largest stockholders of the sports publicly held company.
On 3 July 2009, a total number of 20,672 votes were cast in the presidential elections and Vieira was re-elected with 91.74% of the votes.[4]
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