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| Hayatou is the fifth president of the Confederation of African Football. He was born in ] Cameroon, the son of a local Sultan, and became a ] and physical education teacher. In 1974, aged just 28, he became Secretary General of the ], and Chair of the FA in 1986. As chair, we was chosen the same year to sit on the CAF Executive Committee. Following the retirement of Ethiopia's ] from the CAF presidency in August 1987, Hayatou was elected as the fifth president in the body's history.<ref>. Tiego Tiemtore. PANA Press. 2006.</ref> | Hayatou is the fifth president of the Confederation of African Football. He was born in ] Cameroon, the son of a local Sultan, and became a ] and physical education teacher. In 1974, aged just 28, he became Secretary General of the ], and Chair of the FA in 1986. As chair, we was chosen the same year to sit on the CAF Executive Committee. Following the retirement of Ethiopia's ] from the CAF presidency in August 1987, Hayatou was elected as the fifth president in the body's history.<ref name=can2006>. Tiego Tiemtore. PANA Press. 2006.</ref> | ||
| ===Relations with UEFA and FIFA=== | |||
| One of the major aims of Hayatou's presidency in the late 1990s was to provide incentives to African football clubs which would stem the flow of African players to Europe; a initiative which mnet with little success.<ref>Paul Darby, Gerard Akindes, Matthew Kirwin . Journal of Sport & Social Issues, Vol. 31, No. 2, 143-161 (2007)</ref> A September 1997 initiative negotiated by Hayatou with ] saw the payment of fees to African governing bodies and clubs for African born players working in Europe. This was followed by the Meridian Project signed in December 1997 with UEFA, which was to provide cash payments to African National Associations every other year. The 1999 Goal Project created with FIFA gives 46 African FAs financial support worth one million dollars over four years.<ref name=can2006 /> These negotiations, regardless of their impact on African club football, forged a close reationship between UEFA leaders and Hayatou, and led to UEFA's backing of Hayatou's nomination to replace ] as head of FIFA.<ref>John Sugdun, Alan Tominson, Paul Darby. FIFA versus UEFA in the struggle for the control of world football. Pp.11-31 in Adam Brown (ed) Fanatics!: power, identity, and fandom in football. Taylor & Francis, 1998 ISBN 9780415181044 pp., 22-27.</ref><ref>Paul Darby. Africa, the FIFA Presidency, and the Governance of World Football: 1974, 1998, and 2002. Africa Today - Volume 50, Number 1, Spring 2003, pp. 3-24</ref> Baltter, supported by the American and Asian confederations hadily defeated Hayatou 56 votes to Blatter's 139 <ref>Alan Tomlinson. Lord, Don't Stop the Carnival: Trinidad and Tobago at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, Vol. 31, No. 3, 259-282 (2007)</ref> | |||
| ===2010 Togo suspension=== | ===2010 Togo suspension=== | ||
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Issa Hayatou is the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), named in 1987. 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.
Biography
Hayatou is the fifth president of the Confederation of African Football. He was born in Garoua Cameroon, the son of a local Sultan, and became a middle distance runner and physical education teacher. In 1974, aged just 28, he became Secretary General of the Cameroon Football Association, and Chair of the FA in 1986. As chair, we was chosen the same year to sit on the CAF Executive Committee. Following the retirement of Ethiopia's Ydnekatchew Tessema from the CAF presidency in August 1987, Hayatou was elected as the fifth president in the body's history.
Relations with UEFA and FIFA
One of the major aims of Hayatou's presidency in the late 1990s was to provide incentives to African football clubs which would stem the flow of African players to Europe; a initiative which mnet with little success. A September 1997 initiative negotiated by Hayatou with UEFA saw the payment of fees to African governing bodies and clubs for African born players working in Europe. This was followed by the Meridian Project signed in December 1997 with UEFA, which was to provide cash payments to African National Associations every other year. The 1999 Goal Project created with FIFA gives 46 African FAs financial support worth one million dollars over four years. These negotiations, regardless of their impact on African club football, forged a close reationship between UEFA leaders and Hayatou, and led to UEFA's backing of Hayatou's nomination to replace Sepp Blatter as head of FIFA. Baltter, supported by the American and Asian confederations hadily defeated Hayatou 56 votes to Blatter's 139
2010 Togo suspension
Main article: Togo national football team attackJust days before the end of the 2010 African Cup in Angola, Issa Hayatou found himself in the middle of a controversy after the CAF's suspension of Togo national football team from the next two African Cup of Nations. Hayatou charged the Togolesese government with interference in the Togolese Football Association's affairs when the team withdrew from the 2010 cup prior to its start. The Togolese team was victim of an 8 January 2010 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
Awards
On November 3, 2007, Hayatou was awarded an honorary degree from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Nigeria.
References
- ^ Hayatou's actions in developing African football. Tiego Tiemtore. PANA Press. 2006.
- Paul Darby, Gerard Akindes, Matthew Kirwin Football Academies and the Migration of African Football Labor to Europe. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, Vol. 31, No. 2, 143-161 (2007)
- John Sugdun, Alan Tominson, Paul Darby. FIFA versus UEFA in the struggle for the control of world football. Pp.11-31 in Adam Brown (ed) Fanatics!: power, identity, and fandom in football. Taylor & Francis, 1998 ISBN 9780415181044 pp., 22-27.
- Paul Darby. Africa, the FIFA Presidency, and the Governance of World Football: 1974, 1998, and 2002. Africa Today - Volume 50, Number 1, Spring 2003, pp. 3-24
- Alan Tomlinson. Lord, Don't Stop the Carnival: Trinidad and Tobago at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Journal of Sport & Social Issues, Vol. 31, No. 3, 259-282 (2007)
- Sack Issa Hayatou - Adebayor. BBC/Peace FM (Accra). 1 February 2010.
- Togo Coach: Issa Hayatou Doesn’t Deserve To Head CAF. Rami Ayari, Goal. 3 February 2010.
- "Hayatou honoured in Nigeria". Panapress. Afriquenligne. 2007-11-04. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
- Issa Hayatou Biography. African Success Database.
- Issa Hayatou Biography. FIFA.
- Issa Hayatou re-elected as CAF President. FIFA. 20 January 2000.
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