Jean-Pierre Escalettes

Jean-Pierre Escalettes (left) and former national coach Domenech (in the foreground)

Jean-Pierre Escalettes (born May 29, 1935 in Béziers ) is a French football official. From the beginning of 2005 until July 2, 2010 he was President of the Fédération Française de Football (FFF). He resigned after the elimination of the " Equipe Tricolore " in the group game phase at the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa from his position. On July 23, 2010, his successor Fernand Duchaussoy was elected, but initially only on an interim basis until the ordinary new election in December of that year.

A life for the football association

As a young man Escalettes played soccer at an amateur club in Bordeaux , where he was studying. Until his retirement he worked as an English teacher and also took on voluntary functions at an early stage. At first he was Secretary General of the CA Ribérac Association ; In 1967 he was first a member and later chairman of the FFF district Dordogne , then also a board member of the superordinate Ligue du Center-Ouest . The next step on the functionary ladder after a move was a board seat in the Ligue d'Aquitaine and in 1984 the election to its president. Already elected to the Federal Council of the French national association in January 1985, Escalettes became its general secretary five years later. This was followed by the posts as president of the national amateur football council and then as president of the Ligue du football amateur , i.e. all non-professional football in France. On January 12, 2005 he received the vote as the new FFF President and successor to Claude Simonet ; in December 2008 he was confirmed for a further term.

The positive achievements of his presidency include, in particular, the restructuring and improvement of the FFF's financial situation, for which, however, mainly his deputy Noël Le Graët has rendered outstanding services, and recently his increased efforts to raise public awareness of women's football (see here ). These were, however, overshadowed by the fierce criticism from the media and politics, but also from within the association itself, of its role during the "blackest hours in the history of French football" .

supporting documents

1. ^ Jean-Pierre Escalettes takes the helmet in France
2. ↑ Escalettes démissionne! (French) . In: France Football , June 28, 2010. Archived from the original on June 29, 2010 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved July 5, 2010.  
3. ^ Eugène Saccomano / Gilles Verdez: Le roman noir des Bleus. Ed. de la Martinière, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-73244438-3 , p. 136

Web links

• Biography on www.fff.fr (French)