Association football and politics
The following article lists people notable for their involvement in association football and politics. Three former footballers have led their countries; Ahmed Ben Bella, George Weah and Kaj Leo Johannesen. Ben Bella played briefly for Marseille during the mid-1940s before leading Algeria in the aftermath of the Algerian War, first as Prime Minister then as President. Johannesen was a goalkeeper, playing four times as a goalkeeper for the Faroe Islands national football team during the 1990s before becoming Prime Minister in 2008. George Weah was in 2005 an unsuccessful candidate for the Liberian presidency, but was elected President of Liberia following the Election of 2017 [1] The list of other footballers to have sought high office includes Albert Guðmundsson, who finished third in the 1980 Icelandic presidential election and Oleg Malyshkin, who became fifth in 2004 Russian presidential elections.
List of footballer-politicians
Criteria
The following are people who have played professional and/or international football and have held political office.
| Name | Country | Football | Politics | Comments | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camille Dimmer | Luxembourg | Luxembourg (1957 – 1964) | Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg (1989 – 1994) General Secretary of the Christian Social People's Party (1990 – 1995) |
[2][3] | |
| Pelé | Brazil | Santos (1956 – 1974) New York Cosmos (1975 – 1977) Brazil (1957 – 1971) |
Extraordinary Minister of Sport (1995 – 1998) | [4] | |
| Mustafa Mansour | Egypt | Egypt Al-Ahly Referee General Secretary of CAF (1958 – 1961) |
Government minister | [5][6][7][8] | |
| Ahmed Ben Bella | Algeria | Olympique Marseille (1939 – 1940) | Prime Minister of Algeria (1962 – 1963) President of Algeria (1963 – 1965) |
[9] | |
| George Weah | Liberia | Liberia | Presidential candidate in the 2005 Liberian general election Senator President of Liberia (January 2018 onwards) [10] |
[11] | |
| Don Rossiter | England | Leyton Orient | Mayor of Rochester, Kent | ||
| Garan Fabou Kouyate | Mali | ||||
| Albert Guðmundsson | Iceland | Arsenal Racing Club AC Milan |
Presidential candidate in the 1980 Icelandic presidential election Member of the Althing Minister of Finance Minister of Industry Icelandic Ambassador to France |
Father of Ingi Björn Albertsson | [12] |
| Ingi Björn Albertsson | Iceland | Iceland | Member of the Althing (1987 – 1995) | Son of Albert Guðmundsson | [13] |
| Oleg Blokhin | Soviet Union, Ukraine | Soviet Union Dynamo Kyiv |
Member of the Parliament of Ukraine | [14] | |
| Carlos Bilardo | Argentina | San Lorenzo de Almagro Deportivo Español Estudiantes |
Buenos Aires Province Secretary of Sports | [15] | |
| József Bozsik | Hungary | Hungary Budapest Honvéd FC |
Member of the National Assembly of Hungary (1953 – 1957) | [16][17] | |
| Toshiro Tomochika | Japan | Ehime FC | Diet of Japan (2007 – present) | ||
| Danny Jordaan | South Africa | Member of the Parliament of South Africa (1994 – 1997) | |||
| Randy Horton | Bermuda | Bermuda New York Cosmos |
Member of the Parliament of Bermuda (1998 – present) | ||
| Éric Di Meco | France | France Marseille |
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| William Clegg | England | England Sheffield Wednesday |
Lord Mayor of Sheffield (1898) | [18] | |
| Roberto Dinamite | Brazil | Brazil Vasco da Gama |
State Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (1994 – present) | ||
| Romário | Brazil | Brazil | Senate of Brazil (2010 – present) | [19] | |
| Bebeto | Brazil | Brazil Deportivo La Coruña |
[19] | ||
| Gianni Rivera | Italy | Italy A.C. Milan |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy (1994 – 2001) Undersecretary for Defense (2000 – 2001) Member of the European Parliament (2005 – 2009) |
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| Kakha Kaladze | Georgia | Georgia Dinamo Tbilisi Dynamo Kyiv A.C. Milan Genoa C.F.C. |
Minister of Energy Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia Mayor of Tbilisi [20] |
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| José Francisco Cevallos | Ecuador | Ecuador Barcelona SC Once Caldas Deportivo Azogues LDU Quito |
Ecuadorian Minister of Sports (2011 – present) | [21] | |
| Roman Kosecki | Poland | Poland (1998 – 1995) | Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (2007 – ?) | [22] | |
| Roman Pavlyuchenko | Russia | Russia Tottenham Hotspur |
Member of Stavropol regional council | [23] | |
| Kaj Leo Johannesen | Faroe Islands | Faroe Islands | Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands | [24] | |
| Titi Camara | Guinea | Guinea Saint-Étienne Lens Marseille Liverpool West Ham United Al-Ittihad Al-Siliya Amiens |
Minister of Sport | [25] | |
| Detlef Irrgang | Germany | Energie Cottbus | Councillor in Cottbus for the CDU | ||
| Zico | Brazil | Brazil | Minister of Sport (1990) | [26] | |
| Lawrie McKinna | Scotland, Australia | Kilmarnock | Mayor of the City of Gosford (2012 – present) | [27] | |
| Alistair Edwards | Australia | Australia (1991 – 1997) | Councillor of City of Cockburn (2000 – 2005) | ||
| Hakan Şükür | Turkey | Turkey Sakaryaspor Bursaspor Galatasaray Torino Inter Parma Blackburn Rovers |
Member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (2011-) | [28] | |
| Marc Wilmots | Belgium | Belgium (1990 – 2002) Belgium manager (2012 – 2016) Sint-Truiden Mechelen Standard Liège Schalke 04 Bordeaux |
Member of Belgian Senate (2003 – 2005) | [29] | |
| Thomas Bodström | Sweden | AIK (1987 – 1989) | Minister for Justice (2000 – 2006) |
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