Sepp Blatter
Sepp Blatter
Joseph "Sepp" Blatter is a Swiss football administrator who served as the eighth president of FIFAfrom 1998 to 2015...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth10 March 1936
CityVisp, Switzerland
CountrySwitzerland
mean points start
We need to start to deduct points from the team. It could also mean suspension. It could also mean exclusion.
guarantees june match nobody people pitch problem proper provider single
We could not have 12,000 people on the pitch for the gala and then use the same turf for the match on June 12. The problem was that not a single provider would give us guarantees for the proper turf replacement. Nobody would give us these guarantees.
authority case congress days decision fifa intervene
We go now to the Congress in 45-50 days and then it will be by decision of the Congress ... To give FIFA the authority to intervene in case of non-application.
along ball experiment germany next technology whether year
We will use the technology in Germany next year if the experiment works. The technology will also be used along the touchlines to show whether the ball is out of play.
beginning checking next period problems stadiums within
We will be checking all stadiums at the beginning of next year, and within a period which we will stipulate, all these problems will have to be solved.
football racism discrimination
Racism and discrimination of any kind have no place in football.
beautiful football games
FIFA's goal of making the world a better place through football cannot be achieved through our efforts alone - equally important is the power which every fan of the beautiful game has at their disposal.
football greed world
Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we.
football long upset
As long as you've got serious investors who wish to put money into football, I applaud. It proves that football is attractive. What upsets me, what I find scandalous, is when clubs accept fools.
happened hidden history interest means serving source wealth
The source of wealth is from individuals with little or no history of interest in the game, who have happened upon football as a means of serving some hidden agenda.
football movement clubs
There is a movement in club football, which I don't necessarily consider a prime example of solidarity, because it leads us to conclude the rich are getting richer and they are using everything in the market to create an exodus from Africa.
football jobs effort
What I am most proud of is the legacy of hope that FIFA and football leaves around the world. It makes all of the efforts and energy I pour into this job worth it.
team clubs aspiration
What we have to do is to find a solution that the interests of the national teams are respecting the interests of the clubs. And also the clubs they shall respect the interests and the aspirations of national teams.
doe problem no-problem
I have no problem with G14. How can I oppose something that as far as I am concerned, does not exist?