Valentim Loureiro

Valentim dos Santos de Loureiro(born 24 December 1938 in Calde, Viseu) is a Portuguese politician, and former football chairman of Boavista F.C. and Portuguese League for Professional Football. He has the rank of Major of the Portuguese Army. He was involved in the Apito Dourado corruption sports scandal.

He was mayor of Gondomar municipality in northern Portugal (elected as an independent, after his Social Democratic Party (PSD) withdrew its support due to ongoing legal suits against him), President of the Portuguese League for Professional Football, chairman of Boavista F.C., and father of his successor, João Loureiro who managed the club from 1997 to 2007. He was also a consul of Guinea-Bissau in Porto, leader of the PSD party in the Porto district, and chairman in Porto Metro state-owned mass transit company. Indeed, he is famous in Portugal for the multiplicity of offices he holds at any one time.

Valentim Loureiro briefly attended the Law School of the University of Coimbra before embracing a military career.

Valentim Loureiro was investigated by the police and formally accused in the Apito Dourado scandal. In July 2008 he was found guilty of abuse of power but not guilty of corruption and sentenced to three years, two months of suspended jail time.