The former President of FIFA and Brazilian football executive,
João Havelenge has died, aged 100. Havelange was
a Brazilian lawyer, businessman, and former athlete who served as the seventh
FIFA president, between 1974 and 1998.
He was the second longest-serving FIFA’s president, after
Jules Rimet, succeeding Stanley Rous in office. He received the title of
honorary president when leaving office in 1998. However, he resigned the
position in April 2013.
He served as a member of the International Olympics
Committee(IOC) from 1963 to 2011. He was also the longest-serving active member
upon his resignation. Havelange was born on May 8, 1916.
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