US EditionSpanish 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.
- On Wednesday, a court in Madrid handed Carlo Ancelotti, the current Brazil head coach and former Real Madrid manager, a one-year prison sentence for tax evasion committed in 2014.
- The court case, held in early April 2025 at Madrid’s Provincial Court, followed Ancelotti’s refusal to accept a plea deal and his claim he acted on Real Madrid’s legal advice without intent to defraud tax authorities.
- Ancelotti was fined €386,361 for unpaid taxes on image rights and acquitted of similar 2015 charges due to insufficient evidence of residency that year.
- The Spanish Prosecutor's office had initially requested a prison term close to five years and a €3.2 million fine, but both the sentence and penalty were reduced, with Ancelotti settling the entire debt by December 2021.
- Under Spanish law, Ancelotti is unlikely to serve jail time due to the sentence length and no prior offenses, but he faces a three-year ban on receiving public aid in Spain and reputational consequences.
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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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