Mogi Bayat

Mogi Bayat (Teheran, June 24, 1974), official name Arnaud Bayat[1], is an Iranian-French businessman. He was Managing Director of the football club Sporting Charleroi from 2003 till 2010. He is the nephew of Abbas Bayat and the brother of Mehdi Bayat.[2]

Mogi Bayat in 2005

Biography

The Iran-born Mogi Bayat moved to the United States when he was 6 years old, where he was getting treatment.[3] One year later, he and his family moved to France.

Bayat became a businessman and became the director of the fruit juice brand Sunnyland France. He stopped with this in 2003 when he was appointed as managing director of football club Sporting Charleroi. 

Since December 2010 Bayat became active as a player broker. He had influence on the transfers of Anthony Limbombe, Kaveh Rezaei, Obbi Oulare, Lukasz Teodorczyk, Massimo Bruno, Adrien Trebel, Samuel Kalu, Bubacarr Sanneh, Thomas Foket and other players.

On 10 October 2018 Bayat was arrested. He was suspected of money laundering and matchfixing.[4]

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See also
  • 2017–18 Belgian football fraud investigation

References
  1. Qui est vraiment Mehdi Bayat?, La Dernière Heure (3 oktober 2012), geraadpleegd op 11 februari 2015.
  2. Mogi Bayat, de makelaar van 50 miljoen euro, derijkstebelgen.be (3 september 2018)
  3. "Aujourd’hui, tout est possible à Charleroi", Le Soir (9 oktober 2010).
  4. Gerechtelijk onderzoek bij topclubs Jupiler Pro League, Sporza (10 oktober 2018)
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