Vasco campeao joao havelange biography
Vasco campeao joao havelange biography
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João Havelange
Brazilian businessman, athlete and football administrator
João Havelange | |
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Havelange in 1975 | |
| In office 8 May 1974 – 8 June 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Stanley Rous |
| Succeeded by | Sepp Blatter |
| Born | Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid de Havelange (1916-05-08)8 May 1916 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | 16 August 2016(2016-08-16) (aged 100) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Resting place | Cemitério São João Batista, Rio de Janeiro |
| Alma mater | Fluminense Federal University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
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Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid "João" de Havelange (Brazilian Portuguese:[ʒuˈɐ̃waviˈlɐ̃ʒi], French:[ʒɑ̃maʁifostɛ̃ɡɔdfʁwadəavlɑ̃ʒ]; 8 May 1916 – 16 August 2016)[1] 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 l