Rimet

Rimet

When Jules Rimet took office, FIFA had 21 member countries, and by the time he retired, FIFA had 85 members. Although the development of FIFA was faster in the later years, there is no doubt that remmett's contribution was greater, because he planted trees for posterity to enjoy the cool. Without the foundation laid by their predecessors of the older generation, FIFA may have to explore in the dark for decades or even hundreds of years.

At the beginning of its establishment, the International Football Federation had only seven members (France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland). In 1910, South Africa joined as the first non European member and began to develop gradually. When it comes to the real growth of FIFA, I have to mention one person: Jules Rimet, a Frenchman who created the great "era of Rimet" in the history of FIFA. On March 1, 1921, 48 year old remmett was elected the third president of FIFA. He did two things during his term of office and created an era. First, with his outstanding diplomatic ability, remit expanded the scale of FIFA. When he left office in 1954, the number of member associations of FIFA had increased from 20 to 85. Especially in 1946, remit won the participation of four football associations (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) in the three islands of England. As the birthplace of modern football, these four football associations still have independent participation Plus qualification for the world cup. Second, remit founded the world cup. On July 13, 1930, the first World Cup was opened in Uruguay. The development of world football entered a new stage. For this reason, remit also got the title of "father of the World Cup", and the original world cup was also named after him. On October 16, 1956, remit died in Paris at the age of 83. At the FIFA centennial celebration in 2004, remit was awarded the FIFA Centennial World Cup Award in recognition of his great contribution and legendary life.