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
people trying want
We, or I, cannot monitor everyone all of the time. If people want to do wrong, they will also try to hide it.
girl country football
All religions, they play football - even nowadays all girls and women have the right to play football in cultures like the Arabic countries in the Muslim they play football.
team cups world
They (the FAI) have asked, very humbly, can't we be team No 33 at the World Cup? They have asked for that... really!
football thinking too-much
Yes, in general, I think there is too much club football on TV.
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.
football people community
Many people hold me ultimately responsible toward the actions and reputation of the global football community. I cannot monitor everyone all of the time.
slave footballer knows
Footballers are slaves. I know this from the personal experience of being a footballer.
football greed world
Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we.
play discipline our-society
FIFA stands for discipline, respect, fair-play, not just on the field of play, but in our society as well.
dealt issues unpleasant
However, unfortunately there are other pressing and unpleasant issues that also must be dealt with: corruption, racism, betting, and doping.
ask cup players
Then we should take only the players that want to go to the World Cup but then ask to the players if they want to go to the World Cup or not.
longer means theme
That means it's no longer a theme for the World Cup.
football muscles needed nonsense player skill today
It's a nonsense to have doping in football, ... A player with more muscles is not a better football player because what is needed today is skill and not muscle.
absolutely beach body bringing careful essential expertise extend fifa forward fun governing improving knowledge logical preserve reach soccer therefore whilst
It is therefore absolutely logical for FIFA, the governing body of football, to extend its reach into beach soccer and we look forward to bringing all of the knowledge and expertise that FIFA has to improving beach soccer, whilst being careful to preserve the sense of spontaneity and fun that are essential to the sport.