Jean-Pierre Escalettes
{{Short description|French footballer (born 1935)}}
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| full_name = Jean Pierre Edmond Escalettes
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|5|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Béziers, France
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| position = Midfielder
| years1 = 1952–1959
| clubs1 = Bordeaux Students Club
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| clubs2 = AC Ribérac
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| name = Jean-Pierre Escalettes
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| office = President of the French Football Federation
| term_start = 12 February 2005
| term_end = 2 July 2010
| predecessor = Claude Simonet
| successor = Fernand Duchaussoy
| birth_name = Jean Pierre Edmond Escalettes
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|5|29|df=y}}
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| nationality = French
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| alma_mater = University of Bordeaux
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Jean Pierre Edmond Escalettes{{cite journal |date=1 January 1999 |title=Décret du 31 décembre 1998 portant promotion et nomination |trans-title=Decree of 31 December 1998 on promotion and appointment |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000758736 |journal=Journal officiel de la République française |trans-journal=Official Journal of the French Republic |volume=1999 |issue=1 |id=PREX9803138D |access-date=18 March 2025 |language=fr}} (born 29 May 1935), known as Jean-Pierre Escalettes, is the former president of the French Football Federation having served in the role from 12 February 2005 to 2 July 2010. He was awarded the presidency after winning the ball with 92.56% of the vote.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080101011524/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/news/newsid=96400.html Jean-Pierre Escalettes takes the helm in France] On 28 June 2010, Escalettes announced his resignation from his position effective 2 July.{{cite news|title=Escalettes démissionne! |url=http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2010/20100628_160814_escalettes-demissionne.html |work=France Football |date=28 June 2010 |access-date=28 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100629220949/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2010/20100628_160814_escalettes-demissionne.html |archive-date=29 June 2010 }}
Career
Escalettes is a former football player having played university football at the University of Bordeaux and for AC Ribérac at amateur level. He later had a two-year stint at the University of Bristol where he studied English. Escalettes taught the language, as a professor, at a local university in Ribérac. While teaching, he also served as the secretary general, player, and coach of local club AC Ribérac. Escalettes rose through the ranks of the country's footballing hierarchy first serving as district president of Dordogne. In 1981, he moved up to the regional level after being appointed the president and general secretary of the Ligue d'Aquitaine. In 1985, Escalettes joined the French Football Federation becoming a member of the organization's Federal Council. Five years later, he was appointed the Secretary General. In 1995, he was named as the president of the newly created Conseil National du Football Amateur (National Council of Amateur Football). In 2000, the council changed its name to Ligue Fédérale du Football Amateur (Federal League of Amateur Football). Escalettes served as president until 8 January 2005. A month later, he was named president of the French Football Federation replacing Claude Simonet.
Under Escalettes reign as president, the senior national team reached the 2006 FIFA World Cup final losing to Italy. The team also reached UEFA Euro 2008. On 22 February 2008, the French Football Federation announced that they were ending their partnership with Adidas and signing with the American manufacturer Nike, effective 1 January 2011. The unprecedented deal is valued at €320 million over seven years (2011–2018) making France's blue shirt the most expensive ever in the history of football.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114211402/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2008/20080222_130219Dev.html Nike prochain équipementier][http://soccerlens.com/you-are-all-invited-to-the-france-nike-wedding-the-couple-is-registered-for-e320m/6036/ You Are All Invited to the France-Nike Wedding, the Couple is Registered for €320m] Escalettes stated when discussing the deal: "It's the financial aspect that made the difference. I had neither the moral nor legal capacity to take any other decision." On 17 April 2007, Esclattes confirmed France's intention to bid for the hosting rights of UEFA Euro 2016. Three years later, on 28 May 2010, France were granted hosting rights by UEFA for the competition.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8711016.stm|title=France beat Turkey and Italy to stage Euro 2016 |date=2010-04-28|work=BBC Sport|access-date=2010-05-28}}
During Escalettes presidency, he was a known supporter of former national team coach Raymond Domenech and openly backed him to return to the team after the Euro 2008 debacle, however, not without declaring that radical changes would and should be made to the team.[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2010-03-02-4219078599_x.htm Domenech worried by injuries before Spain friendly]{{Cite web |url=http://inform.com/world/france-stick-domenech-euro-failure-172750a |title=France stick with Domenech despite Euro failure |access-date=2010-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175908/http://inform.com/world/france-stick-domenech-euro-failure-172750a |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }} On 28 June 2010, following the debacle at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in which the French players went on strike to protest the exclusion of Nicolas Anelka from the team, Escalettes announced his resignation from his position effective 2 July. On 22 March 2011, he was awarded the UEFA Order of Merit by association president Michel Platini for his contributions to the sport.{{cite web|url=http://www.rmcsport.fr/editorial/153635/escalettes-honore/|title=Escalettes honoré |date=22 March 2011|work=Radio Monte Carlo|access-date=22 March 2011 | language = French}}
Honours
References
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External links
- [http://www.fff.fr/presentationfff/actualite/220106.shtml Jean-Pierre Escalettes profile] at [http://www.fff.fr/ fff.fr]
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Category:Footballers from Béziers
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:French football chairmen and investors
Category:Presidents of the French Football Federation
Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol