Former Juve GM Moggi banned for life
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China Daily, June 17, 2011
Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi has been banned from all Italian soccer for life, the country's soccer federation said in a statement on Wednesday.
Moggi was banned for five years following the 2006 match-fixing scandal which led to Juve being demoted and having its 2005 and 2006 Serie A titles stripped.
With that suspension running out, the federation has decided to exile him for good along with fellow former Juve director Antonio Giraudo.
Moggi is a defendant in a long-running criminal trial into the match-fixing and he was also found guilty of manipulating the transfer market via a management agency in a separate trial.
His frequent media outbursts have also upset federation officials, who are also still considering whether Inter Milan should have the 2006 scudetto it was awarded stripped after new evidence emerged in the trial. Inter denies wrongdoing.
Moggi's exile comes as a new match-fixing scandal engulfs Italian soccer with second division and possibly top-flight games from last season under investigation.
Retired former Italy striker Giuseppe Signori, put under house arrest on suspicion of being involved in illegal betting and match manipulation, had the order lifted on Wednesday but could still face charges.
