Dario Fontanarosa is the former chairman of Adelaide United FC

Adelaide United FC

Adelaide United Football Club is a professional football club based in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. It currently participates in the A-League as the sole team from the state of South Australia. Adelaide is one of the most successful clubs in the A-League. The club's home ground is...

, he is also chief executive of Bianco Building Supplies and is the son-in-law of Nick Bianco.

Biography

He earned respect amongst the Australian football (soccer) community by his handling of the post A-League 2006-07

A-League 2006-07

The 2006–07 A-League season was the second season of the Australian football competition, the A-League. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the first season and on the interest generated by the Socceroos competing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup...

 grand final debacle.

In April, 2008, Fontanarosa revealed plans of an ambitious program to build an $475 million inner city 45,000 all-seater stadium.

Dario is highly respected by some fans who traveled to Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 for the final of the AFC Champions League

AFC Champions League

The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...

. Dario kindly help the fans with some aptly named "Dario Dollars".
Dario was replaced as Chairman by AUFC Director and Managing Director of award winning travel agency Airport Travel Centre Mel Patzwald.

He is a member of the Composition the Commission of Football Clubs.