Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)/FIFA Vice-President Reynald Temarii has been named in World Soccer magazine’s May edition as one of the Top 100 Movers and Shakers in world football. Temarii was named 20th in the list – four places above former UEFA President Lennart Johansson and one place ahead of Barcelona President Joan Laporta.
World Soccer profiled the most influential people in the world game targeting decision-makers, power-brokers and iconic personalities whose actions influence the game and how it is played and was compiled by Gavin Hamilton and Keir Radnedge.
Temarii has held the OFC Presidency since 2004 and is now into his second term. Temarii was conferred as a FIFA Vice-President following the OFC Congress in January 2007. Then in late 2007 Temarii was elected as President of the Tahitian Football Federation with the endorsement of the OFC Executive Committee.
Other notable entries of note for Oceania observers include Prof. Jiri Dvorak, MD, FIFA Chief Medical Officer and Chairman of the FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Centre (F-MARC), who officially presented Dr Tony Edwards, Sports Physician and Partner at adidas Sports Medicine, with the accreditation certificate for the adidas Sports Medicine Centre at Colin Maiden Park (University of Auckland Tamaki Campus), St Johns, Auckland, New Zealand earlier this year.
FIFA technical director Jean Michel Benezet who heads FIFA’s Education Department is located at 79 in the list. Dr. Dvorak is listed at 76.
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The full list reads:
1. Joseph Sepp BLATTER – FIFA President
2. Michel PLATINI – UEFA President
3. Mohamed BIN HAMMAM – AFC President
4. Julio GRONDONA – FIFA Vice-President
5. Jerome VALCKE – FIFA General Secretary
6. Ricardo TEIXEIRA – FIFA Executive Committee
7. Danny JORDAAN – South African politician
8. Issa HAYATOU – CAF President
9. Jack WARNER – CONCACAF President/FIFA Vice-President
10. Rupert MURDOCH – businessman
11. Roman ABRAMOVICH – Chelsea
12. Franz BECKENBAUER – FIFA Executive Committee
13. Chung MONG-JOON – FIFA Vice-President
14. Chuck BLAZER – FIFA Executive Committee
15. Geoff THOMPSON – FIFA Vice-President
16. Nicolas LEOZ – CONMEBOL President
17. Silvio BERLSUCONI – AC Milan
18. Viacheslav KOLOSKOV – FIFA Executive Committee
19. Senes ERZIK – UEFA Vice-President/FIFA Executive Committee
20. Reynald TEMARII – OFC President/FTF President/FIFA Vice-President
21. Joan LAPORTA – President Barcelona
22. Gordon TAYLOR – FIFPRO
23. Ramon CALDERON – President Real Madrid
24. Lennart JOHANSSON – Honorary Executive UEFA and FIFA
25. Michel D’HOOGHE – FIFA Executive Committee
26. Jerome CHAMPAGNE – FIFA Deputy General Secretary
27. Junji OGURA – FIFA Executive Committee
28. Slim CHIBOUB – FIFA Executive Committee
29. Amos ADAMU – FIFA Executive Committee
30. Marios LEFKARITIS – UEFA Honorary Treasurer/FIFA Executive Committee
31. Horst R SCHMIDT – Germany/Administrator
32. Irwin KHOZA – Chairman Orlando Pirates/President South African Premier League
33. Jacques ANOUMA – President Ivory Coast/FIFA Executive Committee
34. Rafael SALGUERO – CONCACAF Vice-President/FIFA Executive Committee
35. Worawi MAKUDI -Thailand General Secretary/FIFA Executive Committee
36. Angel Maria VILLAR LLONA – President Spain/FIFA Vice-President
37. David TAYLOR – UEFA General Secretary
38. Malcolm GLAZER – Owner Manchester United
39. Adriano GALLIANI – AC Milan club administrator
40. Jean-Marc BOSMAN – former player
41. Peter KENYON – Chief Executive Officer Chelsea
42. Pini ZAHAVI – Player agent
43. Dato Paul Mony SAMUEL – General Secretary AFC
44. Sebastian COE – FIFA Ethics Committee
45. Jean-Michel AULAS – President Lyon FC
46. VIC WAKELING – TV executive
47. Gustavo MASCARADI – Player agent
48. Karl-Heinz RUMMENIGGE – former European Footballer of the Year
49. KAKA – Player
50. Massimo MORATTI – Owner Inter Milan
51. Emilio AZCARREGA – TV executive
52. Mathieu SPRENGERS – President KNVB
53. Fritz STICKLER – UEFA Executive Committee
54. Richard SCUDAMORE – Chief Executive Officer FA Premier League
55. Martin KALLEN – Euro 2008 Organising Committee
56. J HAWILA – TV executive
57. Theo ZWANZIGER – President Germany FA
58. Joe MIFSUD – UEFA Executive Committee
59. Hans KLAUS – FIFA Head of Communications
60. John FAHEY – President World Anti-Doping Agency
61. Brian BARWICK – Chief Executive Officer The FA
62. David COLLINS – General Secretary Welsh FA
63. David TRIESMAN – Independent Chairman of The FA
64. David BECKHAM – Player Los Angeles Galaxy/England
65. Gordon SMITH – Chief Executive Officer Scottish FA
66. Jim BOYCE – President Northern Irish FA
67. Frederic THIRIEZ – President French League
68. Jean-Louis DUPONT – lawyer
69. Suketu PATEL – President Seychelles FA
70. Ketih EDELMAN – Arsenal FC managing director
71. Saburo KAWABUCHI – President Japanese FA
72. Predrag MIJATOVIC – Club Director Real Madrid
73. Txiki BEGUIRISTAIN – Club Director Barcelona
74. Adriss AKKI – TV executive
75. Piet DE VISSER – Scout
76. Jiri DVORAK – FIFA Chief Medical Officer
77. William GAILLARD – UEFA Media and Communications
78. RONALDINHO – Player Brazil/Barcelona
79. Jean Michel BENEZET – FIFA Technical Director Education Department
80. Wagner RIBEIRO – Player agent
81. Franco CARRARO -FIFA Internal Audit Committee
82. Richard STEADMAN – doctor
83. Frank LOWY – Chairman Football Federation Australia
84. Johan CRUYFF – former player
85. MARTA – FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year 2006 and 2007
86. PELE – former player
87. Lionel MESSI – Argentina/Barcelona player
88. Diego MARADONA – former player
89. David GILL – Chief Executive Officer Manchester United
90. Sunil GULATI – President US Football federation
91. Hryhorii SURKIS – President Ukraine Football/UEFA Executive Committee
92. Thomas HILDEBRAND – magistrate
93. Luciano MOGGI – club administrator
94. Markus KATTNER – FIFA Deputy General Secretary
95. Jose Maria AGUILAR – President River Plate FC
96. Joe LEWIS – businessman
97. Roger VANDEN STOCK – President of Anderlecht FC
98. Antonio MATARRESE – President of Italian League
99. Jean-Marc GUILLOU – businessman
100. Phillipe BLATTER – businessman