Abdel Aziz Salem

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Abdel Aziz Salem
Born
Egypt
OccupationEngineer

Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem, an Egyptian engineer and a First President of Confederation of African Football (CAF).[1]

In tribute to Abdelaziz Salem, the first trophy (from 1957 to 1978) of the African Cup of Nations football is called Trophy Abdelaziz-Abdallah-Salem.[2]

Career[]

He was President of the Egyptian Football Association from 1952 to 1959, He was replaced by the war minister Abdel Hakim Amer.[3] He is also the first African member of the FIFA Executive Committee.[4] He was present at the meeting of 8 which led to the birth of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), of which he became the first president from 1957 to 1958.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "CAF turns 54 years - Futaa.com". Archived from the original on 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  2. ^ "Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem Trophy | football". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  3. ^ Dietschy & Kemo-Keimbou 2008
  4. ^ Dietschy & Kemo-Keimbou 2008
  5. ^ Dietschy & Kemo-Keimbou 2008, p. 159

Sources[]

  • Dietschy, Paul; Kemo-Keimbou, David-Claude (2008). Le football et l'Afrique (in French). Paris: EPA. ISBN 978-2-85120-674-9.
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