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Posted - Mar 05 2002 : 9:22:19 PM
FIFA Orders of Merit: from Burrell to Toplak
During the 52nd FIFA Ordinary Congress on 4/5 August 2000 in Zurich, ten new Orders of Merit were awarded to the recipients listed below for their services to football:
Captain Horace Burrell
It was under the presidency of Captain Burrell that Jamaica achieved their much-celebrated qualification for the FIFA World Cup™ in France in 1998. For all the work he has done for the game, Burrell - who is a member of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee - has already received a number of other awards.
Abilio d'Almeida
The 90-year old Brazilian is a friend and advisor of FIFA Honorary President João Havelange, and sat on various FIFA committees for 28 years, being a member of the Executive Committee for 24 of them. D'Almeida was elected an honorary member of FIFA in 1994.
Prince Faisal Bin Fahad Bin Abdul Aziz
The late prince of Saudi Arabia was passionately engaged in developing football in the Gulf region, and received many honours for his services. He was a keen and knowledgeable fan of the game.
Erwin Himmelseher
Himmelseher's work on behalf of the World Cup in Germany in 1974 was a major contributing factor in making such a tournament a financial success for the first time, and paved the way for the future of the major FIFA competitions.
Azrikam Miltchan
Miltchan has been active in the service of the Israeli Football Association for over 40 years, first as vice-president, then as president and then as vice-president again. Since 1968 he has also been a member of the Israeli Olympic Committee.
Nabon Noor
For seventy years Mr Noor of Indonesia has been active on behalf of football at club, national and confederation level. He has also been a member of the FIFA Media Committee for a number of years.
Josep Lluís Núñez
Nunez retired from being president of the Spanish club FC Barcelona this year, having been in charge of the club for nearly 22 years and making "Barca" into one of the world's major football clubs during this period.
Oyo Orok Oyo
From 1958 to1974 president of the Nigerian Football Association, and from 1980 to 1988 a member of the FIFA Executive Committee, Oyo Orok Oyo has been deeply committed to the cause of advancing African football.
Nikita Simonian
In the 40s and 50s a well-known player (winner of a number of titles in the Soviet Union, plus an Olympic gold medal in 1956), Nikita Simonian was later also successful as a coach and as an official, becoming president of the Russian Football Association in 1992.
Ivan Toplak
Following a great career as a player (20 A international caps for Yugoslavia) and as a coach (in charge of Yugoslavia for the FIFA World Cup in 1982), Ivan Toplak also acted as a FIFA instructor worldwide for 15 years and lectured in universities on the subject of football.
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