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MILAN (Reuters) - Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi has been banned from all Italian football for life, the country's football 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 their 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 they were awarded stripped after new evidence emerged in the trial. Inter deny wrongdoing.
Moggi's exile comes as a new match-fixing scandal engulfs Italian football 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.
(Writing by Mark Meadows; Editing by Ed Osmond, To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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Moggi was banned for five years following the 2006 match-fixing scandal which led to Juve being demoted and having their 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 they were awarded stripped after new evidence emerged in the trial. Inter deny wrongdoing.
Moggi's exile comes as a new match-fixing scandal engulfs Italian football 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.
(Writing by Mark Meadows; Editing by Ed Osmond, To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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