Charlie Stillitano

Charlie Stillitano
Nationality American
Known for Sports Executive
Radio Presenter

Charlie Stillitano is an American sports executive and radio presenter. He currently serves as the Chairman of Relevent Sports, which is responsible for the International Champions Cup, and as a host of The Football Show on SiriusXM FC 85 which airs weekdays at 7am Eastern.

Biography

Stillitano played high school soccer at the Pingry School before becoming captain of the Princeton Tigers men's soccer team.[1]

Stillitano went on to get a law degree and eventually was named the venue director for Giants Stadium at the 1994 World Cup.[2] With Major League Soccer starting in 1996, Stillitano became the general manager of the New York/New Jersey MetroStars.[3]

In 2003, he was the largest shareholder of the promoter ChampionsWorld,[4] before moving on to Creative Arts Agency (organizers of the World Football Challenge) in 2007 which was bought out by Stephen M. Ross' Relevent Sports [sic] agency in 2012.[5] Stillitano is currently the chairman of Relevent.[6]

In March 2016, Stillitano had talks with representatives from Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, and Manchester United, where, among other things, they discussed a controversial proposal involving “restructuring the Champions League.”[7]

He is a radio daily talk show host for on the The Football Show for SiriusXM FC 85, SiriusXM's all soccer channel. It airs weekdays at 7am Eastern where he is joined by Ray Hudson, Neil Barnett, and Phil Schoen. His listeners have dubbed him "Champagne Charlie" due to his busy travel schedule which requires him to meet some of the most powerful people in world football. [8]

References

  1. ↑ https://m.siriusxm.com/servlet/Satellite?c=StreamJockey&childpagename=SXM/StreamJockey/MOB_HostDetail&cid=1283874694623&pagename=SXM/Wrapper
  2. ↑ Wahl, Grant. "Stillitano: World soccer's best connected American". www.si.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  3. ↑ Wahl, Grant. "Stillitano: World soccer's best connected American". www.si.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  4. ↑ "Stillitano brings soccer world to U.S.".
  5. ↑ "Charlie Stillitano rises, falls and returns to prominence in American soccer". Philly.com. 23 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Charlie Stillitano’s Champions League plans are an insult to Leicester City – and football". The Guardian. 2016-03-04. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  7. ↑ "Charlie Stillitano’s Champions League plans are an insult to Leicester City – and football". The Guardian. 2016-03-04. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  8. ↑ "SiriusXM FC - Your SiriusXM Home for Soccer - SiriusXM Radio". SiriusXM. Retrieved 2017-04-11.
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