Manuel Ruiz de Lopera

Manuel Ruiz de Lopera
Lopera in 2018
Born
Manuel Ruiz de Lopera y Ávalos

(1944-08-13)13 August 1944
Died23 March 2024(2024-03-23) (aged 79)
Seville, Spain
OccupationBusinessman
Known forOwner (1992–2010) and president (1992–2006) of Real Betis

Manuel Ruiz de Lopera y Ávalos (13 August 1944 – 23 March 2024) was a Spanish businessman who was owner and chairman of football club Real Betis.[1][2]

The team's stadium was named after him from 2000 to 2010, when it reverted to its previous name, Estadio Benito Villamarín.[3]

Ruiz de Lopera died on 23 March 2024, at the age of 79.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Manuel Ruiz De Lopera – Perfil con biografía y fotos". Yahoo! Eurosport (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  2. ^ Pineda, Rafael (12 August 2017). "La larga partida que acabó con Lopera". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  3. ^ "El estadio del Betis cambia de nombre". El País (in Spanish). 27 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Muere Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, máximo dirigente del Betis entre 1992 y 2010". El País. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.