2005 Travel News ArchiveTravel

Dominican weds famous soccer player

Consuelo Matos Gomez wed super millionaire Romanian soccer player, who plays for Juventus this August. Prior to joining Italian champion Juventus, striker Adrian Mutu had played for Chelsea. Consuelo Matos had been in Rome since her father, Leo Matos Berrido was appointed ambassador to Italy. Her father is also president of the Dominican League of Baseball.

She was appointed consul during his term and then moved on to the position of advisor to the Embassy of the Vatican with the change of government. As reported in Sports Illustrated, the marriage took place on 4 July in La Vega. Mutu said that a religious ceremony would be held in Romania in October.

Mutu and Consuelo vacationed in the Dominican Republic this summer.

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