MLS founder and World Cup director Alan Rosenberg, sports business leaders Paul Tosetti and Marshall Geller, and soccer icon Giuseppe Rossi are appointed.
Alan Rosenberg (left) and Randy Bernstein
DUBLIN, IRELAND AND MILAN, ITALY, Feb. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brera Holdings PLC (“Brera Holdings”, “Brera” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: BREA) has announced that its top-level advisory board members will lead the world's first publicly traded multi-club ownership (“MCO”) company in global football (American soccer). Chris Gardner, Brera's director and chairman of the compensation committee, spearheaded this effort, along with Alan Rosenberg, Paul Tosetti, Giuseppe Rossi, and Marshall Geller, who currently serve on Brera's advisory board. An all-star team was formed, including
Alan Rosenberg He is worthy of being called the “Father of Football” in the United States, and is the namesake of the Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy, which was awarded annually to the winner of the MLS Cup from 1996 to 2007. He served as president of U.S. Soccer, the governing body for soccer in the United States in the 1990s, and oversaw the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States and the creation of Major League Soccer (“MLS”) in 1996. He served as president of the 1999 Women's World Cup. He was instrumental in awarding the 2026 FIFA World Cup to the United States, Canada and Mexico. Rothenberg is a recipient of the FIFA Order of Merit. In addition to his accomplishments in soccer, he was responsible for the relocation of the NBA's San Diego Clippers to Los Angeles and co-founded Premier Partnerships, a leading sports sponsorship agency, with Randy Bernstein before selling to PlayFly Sports. He founded and served as chairman of Los Angeles. -Base 1cent century bank.
paul tosetti American Chambers has been described as a “legendary” and “amazing lawyer” for his extensive experience representing clients in complex M&A transactions, hostile takeovers, and private equity. He is a partner in Latham & Watkins' Los Angeles office, where he worked with Alan Rosenberg on the 1994 World Cup and co-chaired the firm's global mergers and acquisitions practice. One of his notable former colleagues was Ivan Gazidis. He became CEO of Arsenal FC and AC Milan. Tosetti was responsible for Valeant Pharmaceuticals' US$53 billion hostile takeover attempt (and related proxy fight led by Pershing Square and Bill Ackman) and Allergan's subsequent US$73 billion transaction. Represented Allergan in its sale to Actavis. .
Giuseppe Rossi The American-born soccer star of Italian immigrant parents began his career with Manchester United, making his debut at the age of 17 and scoring on his debut in the Premiership. He then moved to Spain's Villarreal FC, where he scored 82 goals in 192 games for the team over five years, becoming the club's all-time top scorer. Rossi played for Fiorentina in Italy's Serie A for three years and is considered a club legend. He finished his career with 143 goals in 397 games played. Rossi also played for the Italian national team and was the top scorer at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He will retire in 2023 and in addition to his other businesses, he founded and operates Giuseppe his Rossi his academy and his soccer camp in New Jersey.
Marshall Geller As a former managing director of Bear Stearns & Company, he oversaw all operations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Hong Kong and the Far East. He founded his private equity fund, St. Cloud Capital, and actively invests in growth companies through SCF Investments. Geller was the owner of the pioneering San Francisco women's professional basketball team, the Pioneers, in 1979, long before the WNBA was born. He also owned an interest in the Chicago Bulls with Jerry Reinsdorf. Never one to shy away from taking calculated risks, Geller had the foresight to hire then-homeless Chris Gardner for Dean Witter Reynolds to become a successful stockbroker, and Will Smith cast him in the film. Before he was nominated for an Academy Award for acting, he started his own company. pursuit of happiness, which grossed nearly $500 million worldwide. Mr. Geller has served on the boards of numerous companies listed on the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchanges.
“Welcoming an all-star team to our advisory board is a strong endorsement of Brera’s business model. By leveraging the public markets, we are rapidly scaling as the world’s first Nasdaq-listed MCO global brand. In addition, our board's diverse expertise in professional sports allows us to advise the board in identifying, negotiating, and completing significant acquisition deals. Gardner, Brera's director and chairman of its compensation committee, said.
About Brera Holdings PLC
Brera Holdings PLC (Nasdaq: BREA) is committed to serving society by developing a global portfolio of emerging football and other sports clubs that increase opportunities to win tournament prizes, obtain sponsorship and other professional football offerings. We are focused on growing our impact football (American soccer) business. We provide sports-related consulting services.
The Company aims to further develop the tradition and brand of Brera FC, the first football club acquired by the Company in 2022. Brera FC, known as “Milan's Third Team”, is an amateur football association and we own the trademarked Phoenix Trophy Tournament. It is a UEFA-sanctioned non-professional pan-European football competition starting in September 2021 and hosted by Brera FC. “FENIX” is an abbreviation for “Friendly European Non-professional Innovative Xenial”. BBC Sport has dubbed the Phoenix Trophy the “Champions League for amateurs”, with Brera FC hosting the 2023 final at Milan's legendary San Siro stadium. In October 2022, the Internet Marketing Association named Brera FC the winner of “Social Impact Through Football” at his IMPACT 22 conference, and this honor recognizes the company's focus on an international level.
In March 2023, the company expanded into Africa by establishing Brera Tyumene FC, which joined the second division of Mozambique, which has a population of approximately 32 million people. Brera Tyumene FC won the postseason tournament and was promoted to the Mozambique First Division Mocambola in November 2023. In April 2023, the Company acquired 90% of the shares in Khudvarski Club Academia Pandev, a European First Division soccer team from North Macedonia that has the right to participate in the two major competitions of the Union of European Football Associations (“UEFA”).
In June 2023, Brera acquired a strategic stake in Manchester United PLC. In July 2023, the Company completed the acquisition of majority ownership of the Italian Serie A1 women's professional volleyball team UYBA Volley Ssdarl. In September 2023, the Company took over the management rights of Bayanzurkh Sporting Irhi FC, a team in the Mongolian National Premier League. When the football season resumes in March 2024, it will become Brela Irch FC. In January 2024, the Company announced the start of an active search for Italian Serie B soccer club targets with the aim of providing multi-club ownership at the highest level of professional sport. We reach the investing public through our Nasdaq-listed stock. We focus on bottom-up value creation from underrepresented sports clubs and talent, business growth through innovation, and outcomes that impact society. Visit www.breraholdings.com.
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