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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones in Madrid

Carlo Ancelotti fined €386,000 and given one-year prison sentence over tax fraud

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Carlo Ancelotti, now the Brazil coach, managed Real Madrid from 2013 to 2015 and between 2021 and 2025. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

The Brazil coach and former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti has been given a one-year prison sentence and a fine of almost €400,000 (£345,000) after a Spanish court found him guilty of one count of tax fraud.

Ancelotti, who managed Real Madrid from 2013 to 2015 and between 2021 and 2025, appeared in court in Madrid in April to stand trial on charges of defrauding Spain’s tax office of more than €1m (£836,857) in undeclared earnings from image rights in 2014 and 2015.

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