Franz Beckenbauer will not seek a new term on the world soccer’s governing body FIFA Executive Committee next year and will step down in March 2011 for personal reasons, the German said on Thursday.
|Last Updated: Nov 12, 2010, 09:54 AM IST|Source: Bureau
Berlin: Franz Beckenbauer will not seek a new term on the world soccer’s governing body FIFA Executive Committee next year and will step down in March 2011 for personal reasons, the German said on Thursday.
“I want to spend more time with my family,” said Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup as a player in 1974 and as Germany coach 16 years later.
“I had and have a very good time with my colleagues at FIFA and UEFA. I ask for understanding for my decision,” he said.
The 65-year-old, who last year also stepped down as Bayern Munich president, had been a member of the FIFA executive committee since 2007 as a European soccer (UEFA) representative.
A year earlier he had successfully completed Germany’s preparations and staging of the 2006 World Cup as head of the organising committee.
The German soccer federation (DFB) said Beckenbauer had informed FIFA chief Sepp Blatter and UEFA president Michel Platini of his decision not to seek re-election.
“Franz Beckenbauer is an excellent and in the whole world extremely respected representative of German football,” said German soccer federation chief (DFB) Theo Zwanziger.
“We regret that he wants to pull out of the executive committee but obviously respect his personal reasons. We will now calmly think about how we will position ourselves for an election of a successor next year,” said Zwanziger.
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