Joan Laporta Estruch (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈan ləˈpɔɾtə]; born 29 June 1962) is a Spanish politician and former president of FC Barcelona between 2003 and 2010. Laporta is a lawyer (he graduated from the University of Barcelona) with his own firm, Laporta & Arbós, which has important firms as clients. Laporta was married to Constanza Echevarría and has three sons, Pol, Guillem and Jan. He served as MP in the Parliament of Catalonia between 2010 and 2012. Although his career at Barcelona ended his recent years, he left the club having won six trophies in one year (2009) setting a new record.
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Born
1962-06-29
Birth Place
Spain
Nationality
Spanish
Education
University_of_Barcelona
Political Ideology
Democràcia_Catalana
Spouse(s)
Constanza Echevarría
Children
Pol Laporta i Echevarría, Guillem Laporta i Echevarría, Joan Laporta i Echevarría
Barcelona took a significant step towards being able to reshape their squad this summer on Thursday evening, after the club’s members approved the economic levers presented by the board. The two were put to extensive debates and following the approval of those two motions, the floor was opened up to more general questions.
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has urged footballing authorities to impose tougher sanctions on state-owned clubs such as Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain.
State-owned clubs are causing “instability” in football and should be subject to stricter rules, Joan Laporta, the president of Barcelona, has said. Laporta revealed he was lobbying Uefa to at least harmonise rules over club ownership across Europe because state-owned clubs, such as Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, are “not using the same tools” to compete.
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has praised the club's board for rescuing the Spanish giants from their "terminal" financial situation. Laporta, who returned as Barca president in March 2021, said they are "still working" to reduce the club's debt and balance their books, but added that the club are in a much better position compared to when he arrived.
Club president Joan Laporta has admitted Barcelona's finances were in a 'terminal' state when he stepped into his current role, but work is ongoing to improve this situation.
Barcelona president Joan Laporta fed up over comments made by Tebas. It was only going to be a matter of time before Joan Laporta said something about LaLiga president Javier Tebas and his insistence to talk about what transfer Barcelona can and cannot make. Following a meeting between members of...
Barcelona President Joan Laporta is not making many friends with the governing bodies. Remaining in the European Superleague and doing his best to avoid signing the CVC deal, neither UEFA not La Liga President Javier Tebas will have him in their good books. Yet it isn’t all a one way...
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has revealed that the club will discuss a potential short-term contract extension with Dani Alves, whose current deal is set to expire at the end of the season.
Barcelona club president Joan Laporta is confident the Catalan giants will agree a contract extension with Gavi next month. La Blaugrana are aiming to keep hold of their star names this summer as Xavi gears up for potential La Liga title challenge in 2022/23. Laporta has backed his manager by...
Barcelona president Joan Laporta has said the club is not to blame for the ticket fiasco against Eintracht Frankfurt and criticised a group of supporters for re-selling their seats to German fans. Around 30,000 Frankfurt fans gained entry to Camp Nou last Thursday despite only officially receiving 5,000 tickets. Thousands...
Little more was thought of the enormous numbers of Eintracht Frankfurt fans filtering into Barcelona on Wednesday and Thursday for their Europa League tie with the Blaugrana. Until the match kicked off. As the evening went on, it became clear that the German fans had a significant presence at the...