{"id":20945,"date":"2024-08-10T13:14:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T13:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/issa-hayatou-the-man-who-ran-african-football-for-29-years\/"},"modified":"2024-08-10T13:14:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T13:14:47","slug":"issa-hayatou-the-man-who-ran-african-football-for-29-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/issa-hayatou-the-man-who-ran-african-football-for-29-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Issa Hayatou: The man who ran African football for 29 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">After an unsuccessful bid to become Fifa president in 2002, the beginning of the end of Hayatou&#8217;s Caf reign came in 2016 when elections to replace Blatter were held by Fifa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Cameroonian instructed Caf&#8217;s 54 members to back Bahraini candidate Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa, yet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/35673743\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Gianni Infantino assumed the crown<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Swiss-Italian was keen to see Hayatou removed from power and he was dethroned by the Fifa-backed candidate Ahmad in 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, the Malagasy became far more enmeshed in scandal than his predecessor ever had been \u2013 becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/africa\/55042695\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">the first Caf president to be banned by Fifa<\/a> for breaching its ethics code.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Developments since Hayatou\u2019s exit have given some of those who had sought to vote him out of office time to reflect on his legacy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The passing of Issa serves as a poignant reminder of the loss we have experienced since his exit from the realm of power in African football,&#8221; Musa Bility, the former president of the Liberian federation, told BBC Sport Africa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Each of us who opposed him should find the strength to apologise to this remarkable leader.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On the very day that Hayatou\u2019s one-year Fifa ban was overturned, during the staging of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations in his homeland, he caught sight of Infantino.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hayatou reportedly told him &#8216;you wanted me dead, but I am alive&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Cameroonian has now departed, with tributes pouring in and flags lowered to half-mast by Caf and the IOC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Despite his faults, many believe he promoted the interests of African football better than most who went before or have followed since.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c77l472rym0o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After an unsuccessful bid to become Fifa president in 2002, the beginning of the end of Hayatou&#8217;s Caf reign came in 2016 when elections to replace Blatter were held by Fifa. The Cameroonian instructed Caf&#8217;s 54 members to back Bahraini candidate Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa, yet Gianni Infantino assumed the crown instead. 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