Jean Fournet-Fayard

Nationality: French
Date of Birth: 31 December 1931
Honorary member since: 2007
Amicale des Anciens

• Having emerged as one of the best full-backs and centre-halves of his generation with SO Pont-de-Chéruy Chavanoz, Jean Fournet-Fayard was a member of the first France side to win an international trophy – at the 1949 FIFA junior tournament in the Netherlands – but lasted just two years as a professional at Angers SCO before a serious knee injury ended his career.

• Fournet-Fayard then concentrated on his work as a pharmacist, eventually becoming director of a company with 2,000 employees, but he remained close to the game as a coach and official at Pont-de-Chéruy, and was elected as president of the Ligue Rhône-Alpes in 1976, serving as France Football Federation (FFF) president from 1984 to 1993.

• Also a keen basketball fan, Fournet-Fayard eventually made way for Claude Simonet as FFF president, and never lost his belief in the importance of grassroots football, saying: "One thing you can never forget is that the grassroots give credibility to top-level football."

Previous UEFA roles
Executive Committee (member) 1992-2000
European Championship Committee (member) 1986-1992
EU Matters (former) (member) 1990-1992, (vice-chairman) 1992-1998
List of Experts concerning the regulations of UEFA governing the fixing of a transfer fee (EXCO representative) 1992-1998
Non-Amateur Football Committee (chairman) 1992-1998
Committee for UEFA Club Competitions (vice-chairman) 1992-2000
UEFA Pool Transfer (chairman) 1996-2000
Professional Football Committee (chairman) 1996-2000
Media Committee (chairman) 1998-2000
Task Force Club Lice (vice-chairman) 1998-2002
Club Competitions Committee (member) 2002-2006
Task Force Europ. Cl. (member) 1998-2000