Havelange, João
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- New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 17, 2016(in obituary published Aug. 16: João Havelange; Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid de Havelange; b. May 8, 1916, Rio de Janeiro; d. there Tuesday [Aug. 16, 2016], aged 100; Brazilian businessman who built soccer into a multibillion-dollar international enterprise over his 24 years as the autocratic head of the sport's world governing body but who was later implicated in a scandal involving millions of dollars in kickbacks)
- 20 years of FIFA presidency, 1994:t.p. (Havelange, Joao, Brazil)
- Jogo duro, 2007:t.p. (Joao Havelange) t.p. verso (Braz. CIP: 1916)
- ye.lcn2011
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Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid "João" de Havelange (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒuˈɐ̃w aviˈlɐ̃ʒi], French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi fostɛ̃ ɡɔdfʁwa də avlɑ̃ʒ]; 8 May 1916 – 16 August 2016) was a Brazilian lawyer, businessman, and athlete who was the seventh president of FIFA from 1974 to 1998. His tenure as president is the second longest in FIFA's history, behind that of Jules Rimet. He received the title of honorary president when leaving office, but resigned in April 2013. He was preceded by Stanley Rous and succeeded by Sepp Blatter. Havelange served as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 1963 to 2011. He was the longest-serving active member upon his resignation. In July 2012, a Swiss prosecutor's report revealed that, during his tenure on FIFA's Executive Committee, he and his son-in-law Ricardo Teixeira took more than 41 million Swiss francs (£37M) in bribes in connection with the award of World Cup marketing rights.
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