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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Dr Patrice Motsepe has expressed sadness at the passing of former CAF President, Issa Hayatou.
Hayatou, the long-serving former president of CAF died yesterday at the age of 77. He led CAF from 1988 to 2017. From 1990 to 2017 he was a member of the Fifa council, from 1990 to 2017.
He briefly served as acting president of Fifa between 2015 and 2016 after Sepp Blatter was suspended.
In a statement issued by CAF today Motsepe said: “I express my deepest personal condolences and the condolences of the 54 CAF Member Associations, on the passing of CAF former President, President Issa Hayatou; to his family, the Fédération Camerounaise de Football, its President Samuel Eto’o and the people of Cameroon.” “CAF and African Football will forever be grateful to President Hayatou for his enormous and far-reaching contributions, over many years to the development and growth of football in Africa. He will forever live in our hearts and minds.” Motsepe requested that the CAF flag and the flags of all CAF member associations fly at half-mast for a period of five days, until August 13 2024.
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