Jacques Glassmann

Jacques Glassmann
Personal information
Date of birth	22 July 1962 (age 59)
Place of birth	Mulhouse, France
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jacques Glassmann (born 22 July 1962) is a French former footballer who played as a defender.

He is famous for having revealed the bribery scandal involving Olympique de Marseille and his team US Valenciennes. He^[2] and teammates Jorge Burruchaga^[3] and Christophe Robert^[3] were contacted by Marseille player Jean-Jacques Eydelie^[4] in order to let Marseille win and, more importantly, not to injure any Marseille player ahead of the 1993 UEFA Champions League Final.

He was eventually awarded the FIFA Fair Play Award in 1995 for having revealed this bribery scandal.

References[]

^ "Jacques Glassmann". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
^ "Tapie Directly Implicated As Marseille Trial Opens". International Herald Tribute. 14 March 1995. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Argentine Charged in Marseille case". New York Times. 2 July 1993. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
^ "Wenger slams former Marseille Chairman". Eurosport. 23 January 2006. Archived from the original on 17 March 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2007.

Awards
Preceded by Nándor Hidegkuti Football Association of Zambia (1993)	FIFA Fair Play Award 1995	Succeeded by George Weah

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1962-07-22) 22 July 1962 (age 59)
Place of birth	Mulhouse, France
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1984	Strasbourg	41	(2)
1984–1987	Mulhouse	97	(7)
1987–1988	Tours	32	(2)
1988–1994	Valenciennes	178	(19)
1994–1995	US Maubeuge	7	(0)
Total		348	(30)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only