Daniel Levy (Tottenham Hotspur)
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Levy during a visit to Qatar's Aspire Academy
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| Born |
8 February 1962 Essex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | ENIC International Ltd, Tottenham Hotspur |
| Spouse(s) | Tracey |
| Children | Joshua, Oliver, Chloe and Gabriella |
Daniel Levy (born 8 February 1962) is a British businessman and the current chairman of Premier League football side Tottenham Hotspur and has been since 2001.
Levy was born in Essex. He is a managing director of ENIC International Ltd an investment company, sports, entertainment and media group. Levy replaced Lord Sugar as chairman of Tottenham in February 2001 after ENIC bought a controlling stake in the club. ENIC is controlled by Joseph Lewis. Levy was formerly a director of the Scottish football club Rangers, in which ENIC held a significant stake. ENIC has also in the past held stakes in other European football clubs including AEK Athens, Slavia Prague and Vicenza as well as non-football companies such as Warner Bros and Autonomy.
His reign has seen a succession of managers (George Graham, Glenn Hoddle and David Pleat). With Martin Jol as manager, Spurs finished fifth in the Premier League, (their highest position until the fourth-place finish in the 2009-10 campaign) and the club qualified for the UEFA Cup, a feat they repeated again the following season. However Levy's decision to fire Martin Jol after a poor start to the 2007/2008 season, when many of the players appeared to be unfit, was widely regarded as a rash move by Tottenham supporters.
The appointment of a new management team, including the highly regarded Juande Ramos as head coach resulted in some short-lived optimism amongst the Tottenham fans. On 24 February 2008, Tottenham beat Chelsea 2-1 at Wembley in the 2008 Football League Cup Final to win their first trophy in nine years, and their first under Levy's reign, and gain automatic qualification for the UEFA cup. A year later they reached the final for a second successive year, this time losing to Manchester United on penalties. However, at the start of the following season Spurs' league form took a disastrous turn which culminated in their worst ever start to a league campaign in 2008/09.
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