Abdel Aziz Salem
1st President of CAF
In office
1957–1958[1]
Succeeded byAbdel Aziz Mostafa
Personal details
BornEgypt

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

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