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===2010 Togo suspension===

Few days before the end of the 2010 African Cup, Issa Hayatou find himself in the middle of a controversy after deciding to suspend the Togo team for the next two editions of the African Cup, officially for government interference in the Togolese Football affaire. The Togolese team was victim of an armed attack while traveling to Angola by bus. The team lost two men. Few days before the end of the 2010 African Cup, Issa Hayatou found himself in the middle of a controversy after the CAF's suspension of Togo from the next two African Cup of Nations. Hayatou charged the Togolesese government with interference in the Togolese Football Association's affairs. The Togolese team was victim of an armed attack while traveling to Angola by bus prior to the start of the Cup, resulting in two deaths in the Togo delegation. Togolese captain ] <ref>. BBC/Peace FM (Accra). 1 February 2010.</ref> and Togo coach ] strongly criticized Hayatou in particular for the CAF decision, calling on him to resign from the CAF presidency<ref>. Rami Ayari, Goal. 3 February 2010.</ref>



==Sports career== ==Sports career==

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Issa Hayatou is the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). He was born on 9 August 1946 in Cameroon and is married with four children. In 2002, he ran for president of FIFA but was defeated by current president Sepp Blatter.

On November 3, 2007, Hayatou was awarded an honorary degree from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria.

2010 Togo suspension

Few days before the end of the 2010 African Cup, Issa Hayatou found himself in the middle of a controversy after the CAF's suspension of Togo from the next two African Cup of Nations. Hayatou charged the Togolesese government with interference in the Togolese Football Association's affairs. The Togolese team was victim of an armed attack while traveling to Angola by bus prior to the start of the Cup, resulting in two deaths in the Togo delegation. Togolese captain Emmanuel Adebayor and Togo coach Hubert Velud strongly criticized Hayatou in particular for the CAF decision, calling on him to resign from the CAF presidency

Sports career

  • 1964 - 1971 Champion at the 400m and 800m; member of the Cameroon national basketball team; football player at the university level.
  • 1965 Member of the Cameroon national basketball team on the occasion of the first All Africa Games in Brazzaville.

Administrative career

  • 1973 - 1974 Coordinator-Professor at the Lycée Leclerc (Yaoundé)
  • 1974 - 1983 General Secretary of the Cameroon Football Association
  • 1982 - 1986 Director of Sports of Cameroon (Ministry of Youth and Sports)
  • 1985 - 1988 President of the Cameroon Football Association
  • 1986 Member of the Cameroon Football Association Executive Committee
  • 1988 - today President of the Cameroon Football Association
  • 1990 Member of the FIFA Executive Committee
  • 1992 - today FIFA Vice-President; President of the Organising committee of the Football Olympic Tournaments of FIFA; Vice-President of FIFA Committee for Security and Fair-Play; Member of the World Cup Organising Committee
  • 1997 Member of the Women and Sport Committee of the International Olympic Committee; Head of the Cameroonian sports delegations on several sporting occasions
  • 2001 Elected member of the International Olympic Committee during the Moscow session

References

  1. "Hayatou honoured in Nigeria". Panapress. Afriquenligne. 2007-11-04. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
  2. Sack Issa Hayatou - Adebayor. BBC/Peace FM (Accra). 1 February 2010.
  3. Togo Coach: Issa Hayatou Doesn’t Deserve To Head CAF. Rami Ayari, Goal. 3 February 2010.
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