Frederico Varandas | |
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President of Sporting CP[1] | |
Assumed office 9 September 2018 | |
Preceded by | Bruno de Carvalho |
Personal details | |
Born | Frederico Nuno Faro Varandas 19 September 1979 Lisbon, Portugal |
Occupation | Doctor [2] |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Portugal |
Branch/service | Portuguese Army |
Years of service | 2005–present |
Rank | Captain |
Battles/wars | Afghanistan War |
Awards | |
Frederico Nuno Faro Varandas (born 19 September 1979) is a Portuguese medical doctor and former commissioned military captain[3] of the Portuguese Army, who has been since 2018 the elected president of Sporting CP.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
Early life and career
Hailing from the Avenida de Roma area in Lisbon, in his childhood, he practised gymnastics at Sporting Clube de Portugal.[10] He studied medicine at the Medical School of the New University of Lisbon from where he graduated in medicine in 2005 as an external medical student since he was a pupil of the Portuguese Military Academy.[11] In 2008, as a lieutenant military doctor, he was deployed in Afghanistan with a detachment of Portuguese Commandos which was part of the International Security Assistance Force.[12][13][14][15] From 2011 to 2018,[16] Varandas was the chief doctor of Sporting Portugal's main men's professional football team.[17] During the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal and the ensuing state of emergency, Varandas, already the incumbent president of Sporting Portugal, was voluntarily commissioned by the Serviço Nacional de Saúde (Portugal's National Health Service) as a doctor.[18][19]
Personal life
Frederico Varandas is married to Katarina Larsson, a Sweden-born Portuguese former triathlete who competed for Sporting Clube de Portugal and Portugal in the triathlon, and with whom he has two children born in 2019 and 2023.[20][21][22][23][24] They first met each other at the sports club located in the Alvalade – Lumiar area of Lisbon.[25] They started dating in 2018.[26] Larsson has worked as supply chain manager for the Tetra Pak factory in Carnaxide, in the municipality of Oeiras.[27][28][29]
References
- ↑ "Varandas é médico. E o que fazem os outros presidentes da I Liga?". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Frederico Varandas: "Obrigação de chegar aos oitavos da Champions? Só se alguém for louco"". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). 2022-10-15. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ Roseiro, Bruno. "Frederico Varandas volta a efetivo no Exército durante o estado de emergência (e pode acumular funções com Sporting)". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ Portugal, Rádio e Televisão de (2022-11-16). "Frederico Varandas em entrevista exclusiva à RTP" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ SAPO. "Frederico Varandas é 'formalmente' o novo presidente da SAD do Sporting". SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Frederico Varandas is the new president of Sporting". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). 9 September 2018.
- ↑ Lusa (2022-03-06). "Frederico Varandas reeleito presidente do Sporting com 85,8% dos votos". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Frederico Varandas eleito o 43.º presidente do Sporting". www.jornaldenegocios.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Frederico Varandas reeleito presidente do Sporting com 85,8% dos votos". TSF Rádio Notícias (in European Portuguese). 2022-03-06. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "A vida de luxo de Frederico Varandas com a namorada sueca". www.flash.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ↑ "Varandas regressou à Academia Militar: "Após mais de 20 anos..."". www.ojogo.pt (in European Portuguese). 2021-07-05. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Frederico Varandas, o médico que durante uma emboscada no Afeganistão parou para ouvir um relato do Sporting: "Nunca esquecerei esse dia"". Tribuna Expresso (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Frederico Varandas recorda missão no Afeganistão: "Portugal jamais poderá esquecer quem partiu"". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ Fernandes, Mariana. "Frederico Varandas: o médico que só faltou a um jogo porque estava no Afeganistão e quer ser presidente do Sporting". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Frederico Varandas, o médico militar apaixonado em resgate do Sporting". www.dn.pt (in European Portuguese). 2018-09-09. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ Vaza, Marco (2018-09-09). "Do deserto de Kandahar para a chefia do Sporting: Frederico Varandas". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Diretor clínico deixa cargo e admite ser solução para a direcção do Sporting". DNOTICIAS.PT (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Frederico Varandas vai ajudar como médico durante o estado de emergência". Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ Roseiro, Bruno. "Frederico Varandas volta a efetivo no Exército durante o estado de emergência (e pode acumular funções com Sporting)". Observador (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Já nasceu a filha do líder do Sporting". www.vidas.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ "Depois do Sporting, este é o grande amor de Frederico Varandas". Impala (in European Portuguese). 2018-09-12. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ Rodrigues, Vasco (2016-05-27). "Katarina Larsson de ouro e bronze para Miguel Fragoso em dia marcado pelos heróis do Paratriatlo". Federação de Triatlo de Portugal (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ Rodrigues, Vasco (2017-07-10). "Sporting Clube de Portugal e Associação Naval Amorense vencem sétima etapa da Taça de Portugal de Triatlo". Federação de Triatlo de Portugal (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ↑ Arsénio, Dina (2023-05-09). "Bebé a caminho! Frederico Varandas vai ser pai pela segunda vez". Fama Show (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ↑ "Katarina Larsson: A namorada do presidente". www.record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ↑ "Varandas vive romance com triatleta sueca Katarina Larsson". www.sabado.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-12-17.
- ↑ "Entrevista: Katarina Larsson". corrernacidade.com. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ↑ "Katarina Larsson, a viking que conquistou o novo presidente do Sporting". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ↑ "Frederico Varandas compra nova casa milionária". www.cmjornal.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-26.