Carlo Ancelotti was sentenced to one year in prison by a Spanish court for tax fraud on Wednesday July 9, 2025. The prosecutors accused him of concealing income from image rights during his time as Real Madrid manager, after failing to declare around €1 million to Spain’s tax agency in 2014.

Ancelotti, who is the current head of the Brazilian national team, appeared in court today for an interrogation and received a final verdict on his role in the fraudulent actions.


Despite the conviction, he is unlikely to serve actual jail time because Spanish law typically allows sentences under two years for first-time, non-violent offenses to be suspended.

The Madrid court also fined Ancelotti with an amount of €386,000 approximately to $452,187 which he has to pay it.


Earlier this year, Ancelotti said he “never thought about committing fraud” as he testified in court as quoted by BBC.com

Ancelotti said he was offered a net salary of 6m euros (£5.1m) by Real and that he left the structure of it to his financial advisers.


“I thought it was quite normal because at that time all the players and the previous coach had [done the same],” he said.

Ancelotti paid back the debt in full in December 2021.


Lionel Messi, then with Barcelona, was initially given a 21-month prison sentence in 2017, but this punishment was then reduced to a fine of 252,000 euros, with no jail term attached. Real striker Cristiano Ronaldo accepted an 18.8m euro fine in 2019.

Jose Mourinho, another former Chelsea boss, was fined 2.2m euros relating to tax charges during his time as Real manager from 2011-12.

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SOURCE: BBC.com