Issa Hayatou, who spent 29 years as president of the Confederation of African Football, dies at the age of 77.
Issa Hayatou, the long-serving former president of the Confederation of African Football, has died at the age of 77.
The Cameroonian spent 29 years at the head of the continental governing body, assuming the presidency in 1988 and leaving office in 2017.Hayatou was a member of the Switzerland-based organisation's executive committee, now known as the Fifa council, from 1990 to 2017. Fifa president Gianni Infantino paid tribute to Hayatou, who in his youth was a track athlete and basketball player, in a post on Instagram.
"Saddened to hear of the passing of former Caf president, former Fifa president ad interim, Fifa vice president and Fifa council member, Issa Hayatou," Infantino wrote."On behalf of Fifa, condolences go to his family, friends, former colleagues and all who knew him. Rest in peace."for breaching its code of ethics when signing African football's largest ever deal with French media company Lagardere in 2016.
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