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Abdel Aziz Salem

Abdel Aziz Salem

First president of the Confederation of African Football

Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem, an Egyptian engineer and the first president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).[2]

Quick Facts 1st President of CAF, Succeeded by ...

In tribute to Abdelaziz Salem, the first trophy (from 1957 to 1978) of the African Cup of Nations football is called "Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem Trophy".[3]

Career

He was president of the Egyptian Football Association from 1952 to 1959, he was replaced by the military officer, Abdel Hakim Amer.[4] He is also the first African member of the FIFA Executive Committee.[5] 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.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "CAF History". Cafonline.com. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  2. [2]
    "CAF turns 54 years - Futaa.com". Archived from the original on 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  3. [3]
    "Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem Trophy | football". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  4. [4]
    Dietschy & Kemo-Keimbou 2008
  5. [5]
    Dietschy & Kemo-Keimbou 2008
  6. [6]
    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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