By Andrew Warshaw
November 5 – Danny Jordaan, the public face of last summer’s World Cup in South Africa, is campaigning for a seat on FIFA’s top table as a member of its Executive Committee.
Jordaan, who was recently part of the FIFA technical inspection team that toured prospective World Cup hosts for 2018 and 2022, is to start campaigning ahead of next year’s elections for two African spots.
“The World Cup profile is a big help,” said Jordaan.
“It is important for me that Africa feels I can make a contribution.”
Two of Africa’s four places on the executive committee come up for re-election in February.
Significantly, one of them is held by Nigerian Amos Adamu, who has been provisionally suspended by the world governing body pending the outcome of an investigation into corruption allegations against him.
The other African berth up for re-election is held by Jacques Anouma, president of the Ivorian Football Federation, who has not yet made public whether he will seek another four-year term.
Nominations for the posts close on November 23, three months before the elections at the Confederation of African Football congress in Khartoum, Sudan.
Towards the end of the World Cup in South Africa, Jordaan was asked what he would do now after bidding for two successive tournaments, losing out to Germany the first time and then succeeding in 2010.
He answered jokingly that he might work “in a post office” but has clearly earmarked a further role in football administration.
Jordaan believes he has enough support to oust either Anouma or Adamu but his election, if approved, would have no bearing on the World Cup hosts for 2018 and 2022 being chosen on December 2.
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