Career
"England identifies the subjects that come in, if they have the professionalism to get them to play, but we say that Opti Poba came here, that before he ate bananas, now plays holder in Lazio and that"s okay. In England he must demonstrate its curriculum and its pedigree.."
On 7 October 2014, Tavecchio was banned by Union of European Football Associations for racist remarks for six months. He was not allowed to hold any Union of European Football Associations position and was barred from the Union of European Football Associations congress in March 2015.
On 1 November, 2015, an audio tape of Tavecchio became public, in which disparaged Jews and gays.
Tavecchio has been tried and convicted five times since 1970:
1970 sentenced to four months for forgery of cr title
1994 sentenced to twentyeight months two days for tax evasion and Value-Added Tax
1996 sentenced to three months for failure to pay social security deductions and insurance
1998 sentenced to three months for omission or falsification of reports
1998 sentenced to three months for abuse of office for violation of anti-pollution regulations.