Sepp Blatter
Sepp Blatter
Joseph "Sepp" Blatter is a Swiss football administrator who served as the eighth president of FIFAfrom 1998 to 2015...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth10 March 1936
CityVisp, Switzerland
CountrySwitzerland
build developed football future help obligation taken
We have developed football and taken it to the world. Now it is our obligation to use football to help build a better future for us all.
alert cup red
The red alert is on for Germany's World Cup committee.
beginning checking next period problems stadiums within
We will be checking all stadiums at the beginning of next year, and within a period which we will stipulate, all these problems will have to be solved.
bring close soccer solution
We are close to a solution which will bring soccer tranquillity.
accused against fight headway sorts
We have been accused of all sorts of things, for example, in the fight against doping, when we were the ones who made headway first.
football ideally national teams
Ideally there would be 16 teams in every national football league.
divisions elsewhere few second stars third thousands
Obviously, you'll still need a few stars elsewhere in the world, but not the hundreds and thousands who play in the second or third divisions in other countries.
cancel decision event fifa good governing holding late opening stage taken
Personally, I still think the idea of holding such a high-profile opening event is a good one. FIFA has not taken the decision to cancel the event at such a late stage lightly, but as world football's governing body, we must put sporting considerations first.
football shame year
I am so disappointed. It is a shame for football that in the year 2006, you still have racism.
fair sure
I am sure there will be fair play this year.
clear confidence family football gain given harmony high inside mandate order responsibility
I have been given a very clear mandate with a high responsibility to reinstall harmony and confidence in the football family inside in order to gain credibility outside,
appeal bit
What we can do is appeal that there will be no racism. This is the only thing we can ask, a little bit of respect.
came change exactly fight fine gave happens leagues money next paid points sufficient
The only way to fight this is to do exactly what we have done when it came to violence. We have to take away the points because it happens in those leagues where the money is sufficient so, even if you gave a fine of $100,000, it would be paid the next day. That does not change the attitude, so you have to go into a sporting sanction.
certainly cup last mix performance
There are different proposals. It certainly will be a mix of the performance from the last World Cup and the world rankings.