Biography Joseph Blatter

Joseph Blatter is a football messiah or a cunning corruption? Stefan Nestler, Alexander Delphin Joseph Blatter more than once found himself in the center of scandals and always came out of the water dry. The Swiss held the post of President FIFA since the year and was not going to leave him. But on June 2, he unexpectedly announced his resignation. His rival, the Jordanian Prince Ali bin al -Hussein, withdrew his candidacy after the first round of voting on Friday, May 29.

Blatter also played football. In years, the young center forward attacked the enemy’s gates as part of the FC VISP team, which was part of the Switzerland Higher Amateur League. He later became the playing coach of his native club. Then no one could have imagined that this man once became the most powerful football functionary in the world. Blatter was born in the year in the same place where he later became a football player - in a small town of FISP, located in the canton of Val near the alpine peak of Matterhorn in the south of Switzerland.

He was the second of the three sons of the local car mechanic. Having received a school certificate, Blatter went to Lausanne, where he studied economic sciences. At the end of the university, he decided to try himself at the PR industry, first working in the canton of Vale, and then in one of the watch concerns. The competent and sociable career of the football functionary started when Zeppu was 39 years old.

Blatter received the post of director of development programs and was, among other things, responsible for organizing the World Cup among juniors. His positions were strengthened - Blatter was patronized by Horst Dassler Horst Dassler, the son of the founder, and later the head of the sports company Adidas. Dassler provided a whole bureau at the disposal of his Swiss protege, moreover, for several months, Blatter received a salary from the cash desk of a German concern.

The influential German business Magnate managed to pull the necessary administrative threads inside the federation, and in the year the Blatter star ascended even higher - he occupied the second most important post in FIFA, becoming its general secretary. Since then, the Swiss has been engaged in the sale of rights to TV broadcasting world championships and negotiated with sponsors.

In addition, he lobbied for some changes in football rules, for example, contributed to the introduction of the rule of three points for the victory officially approved by FIFA in the year. Blatter had a reputation as a competent and sociable person. After Avalange left the post of president, Blatter successfully nominated his candidacy, defeating the only competitor - the then head of UEFA Lennart Johanson from Sweden.

Rumors immediately spread: the Swiss victory is not honest, he bought the voices of African delegates for a million dollars. Blatter rejected all the accusations, explaining that this was not a bribery, but "help for development." Since then, scandals around him have not subside. But no matter how high the waves raged, Zepp Blatter constantly came out dry from the water. Perhaps the most dangerous was the crisis that erupted in connection with the accusations of corruption against the closest partner of FIFA - the Swiss Marketing Agency of the ISL, founded by the same Horst Dassler and invalued in the year.

In the year, law enforcement agencies, investigating bankruptcy circumstances, revealed facts of dubious payments to various football functionaries. It came to court. He, however, argued that it was only a “commission”. Blatter was declared innocent. A year later, the next elections in FIFA took place, and the unsinkable Swiss managed to win precisely thanks to corruption within the federation he headed.

His competitor, the head of the Asian Confederation of Football, Mohammed Ben Hammam from Katar, withdrew his candidacy when it became known that he tried to bribe delegates from the Caribbean basin countries. Blatter knew about this, the Catarers claimed. The president of the weak "crisis? What is a crisis? FIFA is in any crisis. We only have easy difficulties," Blatter commented on the situation.

The Ethics Committee helped him overcome the accusations of corruption in connection with the distribution of the rights of Russian mundials and Qatar. Unlike the head of his own investigation bureau, Michael Garcia, who led the report on the choice of the host countries of the World Cup and the World Cup, the leadership of the ethics committee did not find any significant violations.

Many people wonder: why is the blatter over and over again manage to pull his head out of the worn loop? The answer is simple: he knows how the power functions, how to hold it. Problems - react. The uprisings in your camp are suppressed. Competitors - disarm.

Criticism from the side is to reflect with a smile. FIFA President may blindly rely on humble subjects. Football functionaries of Asia, Africa, Latin America - all for it. For 17 years, he has been cultivating contacts with them on the principle of "give out and collect." If you want, I am the president of the weak, ”Blatter said in an interview.In many third world countries, he is revered as a "football messiah", supporting the football unions that finances them.

Consider this "help for development" or, perhaps, "commission"? The question is open.