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Former FIFA President , João Havelenge, Dies At 100

JoaoFormer president of FIFA, Joao Havelenge is dead, aged 100 years

Havelange, a Brazilian served as the seventh FIFA president between 1974-1998 died in Rio, Brazil

He was the second longest serving FIFA’s president and immediate predecessor to Joseph Sepp Blatter.

He was a member of the International Olympics Committee(IOC) from 1963 to 2011 before resigning due to his ill health.

Havelange was born on May 8, 1916.

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