Flavio Becca

Flavio Becca (born 18 June 1962) is a Luxembourgish real estate investor and owner of Swift Hesperange, a Luxembourgish professional football club.

In the 1990s, Becca began sponsoring the Luxembourg football club F91 Dudelange.

During Becca's tenure, Dudelange won Luxembourg championship titles.

Flavio Becca started supporting the Luxembourg football team F91 Dudelange in the 1990s.

Dudelange won the Luxembourg championships when he was in charge.

He designed a national sports stadium in Luxembourg with an attached shopping centre in the early 2000s.

Livingen's plan was rejected by the then Prime Minister, Jean-Claude Junker, and shopping centre builder Rollinger, which had placed its faith in Becca's leadership as the principal developer, sued him.

Rollinger had good reason to believe in Becca: the elusive businessman had tight ties to prominent politicians and government officials in Luxembourg.

Additionally, the planning department used unfair competition as a reason to rule against him when they handed down their final decision that he possessed the majority of the property on which the new stadium was to be constructed.

It turned out that one of Becca's companies owed the state bank BCEE a sizable sum of money as well, much of which would have been used to fund the stadium since Becca didn't have the cash on hand for the project.

While the nation's politicians may have shielded him to prevent his insolvency and the subsequent loss to state coffers, the successful stadium idea went a step too far into the spotlight.

Before his eyes, Becca's network of supporters broke down.

In 2011, Becca and his company Leopard SA founded the professional cycling team Leopard Trek.

The professional cycling team Leopard Trek was established in 2011 by Becca and his business, Leopard SA.

He also started talking to 1.

The real year Becca's wings began to fall off was 2011, the same year his stadium bid was turned down.

The police allegedly searched his residence and workspace on the basis of an embezzlement accusation.

Prosecutors reportedly discovered many timepieces made by the Swiss-Italian manufacturer Anonimo, all in their original packaging, among other luxurious things, according to sources close to the investigation.

The luxurious chest provided a small window into Becca's style, who is rumoured to be an investor in Anonimo as well as a high-net-worth customer of the jewellery shops in Knokke, a prominent Belgian seaside resort.

According to reports, the skilled bricklayer is suspected of using expensive luxury goods to launder money, pay bribes, and "pay" invoices.

Additionally, he is charged with using money from a business that he did not fully control to purchase these products for himself.

Finally, his professional cycling team, Leopard, failed to find a corporate sponsor in 2011, which cost Becca an estimated €15 million.

Prior to the Tour de France, a third athlete failed a drug test, while two other crucial members of the squad crashed out.

He was previously the owner of Leopard Trek, a professional cycling team, until Trek took over ownership in 2014.

He was also the owner of Belgian football club Royal Excelsior Virton, before selling the club to N'Golo Kanté in 2023.

Becca is the son of Italian immigrants, he grew up in Hesperingen and lives in Luxembourg.

Becca was described by The Guardian daily newspaper as a "real estate mogul".

Prior to Trek assuming control of Leopard Trek in 2014, he was also the owner of the professional cycling team.

He is the head of the Promobe Group, which is a significant player in the residential real estate development sector, offices, and the tertiary sector in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Becca invested in Olos, a €600 million real estate development fund that would later become the focus of a contentious legal dispute in 2014 over the division of assets with his co-investor.

Becca asserted that he controlled 90% of the investment vehicle's underlying value, which his business partner contested because the arrangement called for an equal 50:50 split.

Becca's tale has a recurring theme of a land grab with a bitter outcome.

In 2015, Becca came tumbling down to earth quickly.

According to reports, he was formally charged with embezzlement and accused of using a business he co-owns, Kurt-Construction, to purchase luxury goods for himself, including wine, jewellery, firearms, and even property for a sizable hunting area in south Germany.

According to the German publication, BILD, Becca purchased the hunting property primarily for status reasons, to entertain members of the political elite in Germany and Luxembourg as well as several of his equally shady business colleagues.

However, the reputation of Flavio Becca has become poisonous, and many of his erstwhile allies have abandoned him due to rumours that he is "de facto bankrupt."

It is unknown if he still develops properties or if he only engages in the numerous legal disputes he is involved in.

Icarus will soon taste the ocean.

In 2019, Becca entered into discussions with the 1. FC Kaiserslautern, as he aimed to invest in the German football club.

FC Kaiserslautern in 2019 because he wanted to invest in the German soccer team.