Sepp Blatter

8th President of the International Federation of Association Football

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#21
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Age
90
Born 1936
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The Team
2014

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Updated 2026-06-21

He ran world football for seventeen years, expanded the World Cup's reach into Africa and Asia, and presided over record revenues — then walked out six days after U.S. prosecutors unsealed corruption indictments against FIFA's inner circle.

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Joseph Blatter came from business and public relations, became FIFA's general secretary in 1981, and was elected president in June 1998, succeeding João Havelange. He won re-election four times, building support by enlarging the tournament field and awarding the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, a decision that drew immediate controversy. Revenues soared under his watch, but so did accusations of corruption and financial mismanagement. On 2 June 2015, days after U.S. indictments hit FIFA's leadership, Blatter announced he would step aside. Swiss prosecutors opened a criminal case against him in Septemb…

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