Abdel Aziz Salem

Abdelaziz Abdallah Salem, an Egyptian engineer and a First President of Confederation of African Football (CAF).[1]

Abdel Aziz Salem
Born
 Egypt

In tribute to Abdelaziz Salem, the first trophy (from 1957 to 1978) of the African Cup of Nations football is called Trophy Abdelaziz-Abdallah-Salem.[2]

Career

He was President of the Egyptian Football Association from 1952 to 1959, He was replaced by the war minister Abdel Hakim Amer.[3] He is also the first African member of the FIFA Executive Committee.[4] 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.[5]

References
  1. "CAF turns 54 years - Futaa.com". Archived from the original on 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  2. "Abdel Aziz Abdallah Salem Trophy | football". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
  3. Dietschy & Kemo-Keimbou 2008
  4. Dietschy & Kemo-Keimbou 2008
  5. (Dietschy & Kemo-Keimbou 2008, p. 159)
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