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†Indicates that the title of Honorary President was conferred upon leaving office. ‡ Acted for a transitional period from 18 August 1987 following Tessema's death in Addis Ababa due to illness until 10 March 1988 when Issa Hayatou was elected as the next president at that day's organized general assembly was held in Casablanca.
In November 2020, Motsepe announced that he would become a candidate to become CAF's president. Quickly accused of being actively supported by FIFA - despite its duty of reserve and neutrality - and its President Gianni Infantino, who would seek to obtain the votes of Africa for future re-election, [ 17 ] Motsepe was elected on 12 March 2021 ...
The Confederation of African Football [a] (CAF) is the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the Grand Hotel [ 2 ] in Khartoum , Sudan [ 3 ] by the national football associations of: Egypt , Ethiopia , Sudan , and South Africa . [ 4 ]
A Confederation of African Football (Caf) ... in August 2025, a very successful CHAN," Caf president Patrice Motsepe said. ... Fox News. Kate Middleton once pretended to be Prince William's ...
Issa Hayatou, the long-time leader of African soccer who was made interim president of FIFA during its corruption crisis in 2015, died on Thursday. On behalf of FIFA, condolences go to his family ...
On 17 March 2017, at the CAF General Assembly in Addis Ababa , the year of the 60th anniversary of the institution, Ahmad Ahmad won the election by obtaining 34 votes out of 54 voters, ending the 29 years presidency of Issa Hayatou. He was elected President of the African Football Confederation and, in fact, vice-president of FIFA.
Ibrahim Musa Gusau (born 1 March 1964) [1] is a Nigerian sports administrator, who has served as president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) since 2022. He is a former chairman of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), [2] a former chairman of Zamfara Football Association, a committee member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and a member of CAF youth organising committee.
Angola – In April 2024, CAF president, Patrice Motsepe, encouraged Angola to bid for the tournament. [1] Angola have only hosted AFCON once, in 2010. Democratic Republic of the Congo – After their fourth-place performance in 2023, the president of the Congo DR stated he is preparing to bid for the event. [2]