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Re: Nakhid running for FIFA President
« Reply #810 on: August 11, 2015, 01:17:37 PM »
World Cup Finals coming to Lebanon soon  :devil:
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Re: Nakhid running for FIFA President
« Reply #811 on: August 11, 2015, 01:43:49 PM »
so i would assume, Nakhid will be soliciting TK vote...

however for a greater purpose, it must be done...

listened to the interview.. well done David... TK not on your level...
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Nakhid: If FIFA wants reform; then reject Platini and vote for me
« Reply #812 on: August 11, 2015, 04:32:51 PM »
Nakhid: If FIFA wants reform; then reject Platini and vote for me
By Lasana Liburd (Wired868.com)


Former Trinidad and Tobago National Senior Team captain David Nakhid announced today that he will contest the post of FIFA president at the upcoming elections on 26 February 2016.

Controversial president Sepp Blatter has vowed to step aside to make way for a new leader at the helm of the maligned billion dollar corporation, which has been plagued by corruption for decades.

And Nakhid, who is a former St Mary’s College student with a double major in International Relations and Economics from American University in Washington DC, believes he is the man for the job.

“It is not about me wanting the job,” Nakhid told Wired868. “This is our time for a completely new face and a new ethos. According to the late (Trinidad and Tobago economist) Lloyd Best, we are the first, true globalists…

“The position of FIFA president is a diplomatic post with serious connotations. It needs someone who understands football and understands implementation and has the ability to transform that into how we reform the developing world.”

Nakhid, who is in Antigua at present, has already discussed his presidency with Caribbean Football Union (CFU) president Gordon Derrick and Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee, among other regional football administrators.

He claimed that, on Derrick’s invitation, he will speak to Caribbean football delegates on Saturday at a CFU executive meeting in St Maarten.

A CONCACAF official has never stood for election at a FIFA congress while Nakhid’s move comes at a time when the Confederation is reeling from United States Department of Justice indictments of regional administrators for racketeering.

Current CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb was extradited to the United States to stand trial while past president and Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner is fighting extradition.

However, Nakhid, who has not lived within CONCACAF’s geographical boundaries for nearly two decades and runs the David Nakhid Academy in Lebanon, suggested that it was philosophically important that football’s reform began in the Caribbean.

“We want this to come out from the Caribbean because this is a place that has been underdeveloped,” he said, “and used for votes in the past by people from other parts of the world…

“I will do whatever it takes on my side to give us in the region a chance to sit at the (FIFA) head table. We thought we had someone on the table but that was an illusion.

“We had someone there who pushed his own agenda and rendered the Caribbean servile and impotent.”

Nakhid, who claimed that his campaign has so far been self-funded, aims to win over the Caribbean with his manifesto, which points toward better development for the game in the region at all levels. He promised to make his manifesto public within two weeks.

One of his more radical proposals is the rotation of the CONCACAF Gold Cup throughout the Confederation, including Central America and the Caribbean. At present, the Gold Cup has never been staged outside of the United States and Mexico.

“We have ceded the Gold Cup to the United States for a trickle down of TV dollars,” said Nakhid. “But a tournament like the Gold Cup could force investment in infrastructure and development and coaching and so on throughout the region and in Central America.

“We want to be more equitable. The last board ceded that for their own benefit (and) that is just a sample of the inept leadership in the region before.”

Nakhid, a former Grasshoppers (Switzerland) and New England Revolution (MLS) playmaker, also proposed a new paradigm for the development of players in the Caribbean that seeks smooth relations between schools and professional clubs.

He believes the Caribbean must have a professional league and said the CFU might be the last region in global football to be without a properly organised competition. However, he thinks schools can and should remain the bedrock of player development.

“The Caribbean is very much school-based and community-based (and) we are very distinct in that way from Europe where things revolve around clubs,” said Nakhid. “I can tell you what a small European nation did that we can learn from.

“In the 1990s, Belgium introduced a template in which incentives were given to primary schools and secondary schools, where, if they produced players for the national level, they got funding for school grounds and so on… I know because I played there.

“Some parents oppose sending their children to clubs but they allow them to represent their schools. This template forces schools to invest in better coaching and create more curriculum time for football because it pays off in real economic terms.”

Nakhid suggested his intimate knowledge of issues in the Caribbean, Asia and Africa makes him a superior candidate to Platini.

Platini, according to Nakhid, is likely to continue Blatter’s system of ‘patronage’ to the developing world, which has led to more corruption than development.

“Patronage extended without proper oversight is not proper patronage at all,” he said.

“It is all well and good that football is taken to the wide areas of the world. But when money is given to build a football field and there is no oversight and nothing happens, you are just giving away money and that does not help development or anyone but the person who pocketed the money.

“Platini comes from the wealthiest confederation in the world. You have to ask how can he help us or help Africa coming from on high. Why should this be a coronation for him?

“FIFA should not be for the elite. FIFA’s role should be to develop football throughout the world.”

Last month, a Reuters report, which quoted from an anonymous source, said Platini already had the support of four from FIFA’s six confederations. But Nakhid heard differently and he believes that, based on the strength of his ideas, he can surpass the Frenchman and former European Player of the Year.

“Now is time for the FIFA leadership to challenge the status quo,” he said. “UEFA is by far the wealthiest confederation and biggest beneficiary of talent from the developing world. And still, with all the largess they have, they complain within the democratic process about the money that goes to the developing world…

“I can’t come from a position of absolute strength and think I can identify with the people in Morvant (a depressed area in Trinidad). Platini has never worked in development (and) my track record is clear.

“Not only did I play in the developing world and speak out many times against the lack of infrastructure and development, I have been very active in raising the profile of football in the developing world.”

Nakhid stressed that he was not suggesting increased monetary hand-outs. But programs tailor-made for individual nations and properly monitored to lessen corruption.

The CFU president, who extended an invitation to Nakhid, was implicated in the Mohamed Bin Hammam bribery scandal that brought down Warner, four years ago, while Tim Kee served as vice president to the crooked Trinidad football official for nearly two decades.

So how could Nakhid hope to affect this cancer, particularly when his base is ravaged by it?

The former Caribbean MVP said he hopes the US Department of Justice’s arrest of football officials is a wake-up call to the football body. Beyond that, he suggested that a combination of improved oversight and an “appeal to the better nature” of officials could help turn FIFA around.

“There are 209 associations and six confederations and some will operate in ways we cannot effect,” said Nakhid. “We have to be pragmatic and we are not so naive to say we will have everyone holding hands and singing ‘Kumbaya.’ But we believe a serious, honest undertaking of development throughout the world with philosophical undertones will appeal to their ideological notions of their selves.

“We believe many officials come in for the betterment of the game but find a situation where it is easier to accept patronage than to elevate themselves and their region.

“Some will be inspired by our rhetoric and want better. But some will want to cling to patronage and support a famous footballer from Europe who sends them 3,000 footballs…”

Nakhid has no intention of being cornered by the stereotype of a dodgy Caribbean football official, as evidenced by his own compatriot, Warner.

His own battles with Warner are well known within Trinidad football circles. His outspoken nature meant he was blacklisted from the international game for much of his adult career, despite being the country’s first real European star.

“I was blacklisted from 1989 to 1994 but for one game in-between,” said Nakhid. “I was criticising Jack Warner before criticising Jack Warner was in-vogue… and I suffered for it too, through hatchet jobs in the media and so on.

“But I don’t want this to seem like a get-back campaign because this is more global reaching than just Jack.

“For all intents and purposes, Jack is irrelevant. He is only a reference to how things should not be done and how they should never be done again.”

Nakhid also took the opportunity to discuss his interaction with former Trinidad and Tobago football icon and coach, Everald “Gally” Cummings, who left the then Switzerland-based midfielder out of his “Strike Squad” team in the 1990 World Cup qualifying campaign.

“I have no problem with Gally,” said Nakhid. “Maybe (my omission from the Strike Squad) was just due to a clash of personalities, which could happen. Right now, I am prepared to give Gally the benefit of the doubt…

“Maybe he thought I couldn’t fit into that team. I would strongly differ. I think I would have been perfect for that team, especially where I was at that time.

“But that is football.”

A silky playmaker in his heyday, Nakhid travelled to Switzerland for a trial with top flight club, Grasshoppers—on the recommendation of FIFA technical committee member Walter Gagg—as a 24-year-old university graduate in mid-1988.

By the following February, German coach Ottmar Hitzfeld gave Nakhid his competitive debut and an appearance in the European Cup soon followed.

Nakhid, who waited two months before he was allowed to train with the Grasshoppers’ first team, was angry that it took so long.

“My chance came when I was allowed to play in a scrimmage between the team,” said Nakhid. “Hitzfeld basically told me I had 20 minutes and I went to town. I was a dribbler in those days…

“At the time, I was very critical of Ottmar… But I understand now that it was his first big club and he didn’t want to take risks.

“I was coming from a university in the States and they were in the European Cup at the time and had beaten teams like Real Madrid and Liverpool in the past.”

Hitzfeld left Grasshoppers three years later for Borussia Dortmund and a career that saw him become one of only five managers to win the European Cup with two different clubs.

Nakhid spent four seasons with Grasshoppers and also played professionally in Europe with Waregem (Belgium), PAOK (Greece) and Malmö FF (Sweden). It was a rarity then for European teams to use central midfielders from the developing world.

“I didn’t accept the status quo,” he said. “I was told many times over when I first came to Grasshoppers that I was coming from a region without a serious culture of football. They felt we didn’t have the tactical and mental acumen to run the show…

“I was stigmatised because of the region I came from and I wanted to change that.”

At Malmö, Nakhid met an inspired another talented maverick.

In Chapter Five of “I am Zlatan”, Sweden and PSG star Zlatan Ibrahimovic recalled his first meeting with Nakhid during pre-season, in which the Trinidadian challenged him to make the most of his talents.

“If someone else had said it I would have hardly believed in it,” said Ibrahimovic, in his biography. “But this guy, he apparently knew something. He had been around the world and it went like a dagger through my body.

“Was I really a pro talent in the making? I started to believe in it. For the first time I really did that and sharpened my play even more…

“The guy from Trinidad Tobago had indeed prepared me for (professional football).”

Nakhid speaks six languages: English, Greek, German, Arabic, French and Spanish; and has lived in Trinidad, United States, Switzerland, Greece, Belgium, United Arab Emirates and Lebanon.

He gave his interpretation of Best’s quote about the Trinidad and Tobago ‘globalist.’

“Where we have come from with our diverse background of African, Indian, Chinese, Syrian and European heritages,” said Nakhid, “we were pushed into this melting pot to forge our identities. Globalism is a struggle to reach a certain identity.

“They in Europe have more global access but they are not globalists and that position at FIFA needs a true globalist. And looking at where I have lived and how I have lived, my track record speaks for itself.”

Nakhid pointed to his arrest and a five day stint in a Lebanese cell, in April 1997, for helping ‘exploited’ African players, as evidence of his character and willingness to stand against wrongdoing. He challenged the European media to scrutinise Platini’s own record.

“Now that Blatter is going, we hope the media looks at the people who are going up and their track records,” said Nakhid, who pointed to the role Platini and his son, Laurent, played in Qatar’s controversial 2022 World Cup bid. “Look at Platini’s record and you will see a double standard by the European media in terms of their willingness to scrutinise their own leader…

“The scrutiny should not only be on those who resigned but those who are seeking the post. They should be scrutinised even more so…

“Platini has done many of the same things he accuses Blatter of and he was making trips with Warner and Jeffrey Webb and so on. But there are no in-depth investigation into those.”

Nakhid insisted that, if FIFA’s members truly want reform, they will ignore Platini and vote for the Trinidadian instead.

“We want this to be a campaign of ideas and hopefully delegates will consider the substance of these ideas and then let the best man win,” Nakhid told Wired868. “I am not looking to divide Confederations and voting blocs, I want everyone to look at my manifesto and campaign and vote for me, including UEFA.

“Now is the time we feel that, instead of UEFA calling the Caribbean for a vote, I want, based on ideas, to be able to call UEFA and ask them to vote for me.”

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Re: Nakhid running for FIFA President
« Reply #813 on: August 11, 2015, 07:10:40 PM »
The rejection of Michel Platini must be a fundamental step regarding the future configuration of FIFA.

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Re: Nakhid running for FIFA President
« Reply #814 on: August 11, 2015, 07:40:18 PM »
The rejection of Michel Platini must be a fundamental step regarding the future configuration of FIFA.

Agreed but I believe Nakhid will strengthen his campaign by also coming up with a strategy to address match fixing and bribery in bids, matches and players..

I understand that falls under the corruption banner but further insight into that area and possible solutions would help his campaign.. I await the manifesto..

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Re: Nakhid running for FIFA President
« Reply #815 on: August 11, 2015, 09:16:02 PM »
Good luck Mr Nakhid.

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« Reply #816 on: August 11, 2015, 11:03:40 PM »
The next FIFA pres have to solve the issue of Qatar. Platini may have better support in this respect. What kind of solution there is for Qatar?

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« Reply #817 on: August 12, 2015, 12:04:58 AM »
Brilliant and good luck. And if all else fails, go for the TTFA presidency. Lord knows we need riddance of Tim Kee and Sancho. Someone with respectability and ideas like Nakhid is what we need.

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Re: Nakhid running for FIFA President
« Reply #818 on: August 12, 2015, 02:04:04 AM »
Nakhid to vie for FIFA presidency
T&T Newsday Reports.


EX-TRINIDAD and Tobago football team captain and assistant team coach David Nakhid has thrown his hat into the ring as a presidential candidate for the global governing body for football, FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association).

The 51-year-old Nakhid, as well as veteran TT journalist Josanne Leonard — a member of his campaign team — were speaking to renowned Barbados broadcaster Julian Rogers yesterday morning during a live interview at Rogers Radio Caribbean (94.1 FM) in Antigua.

The presidential vacancy arose on June 2 when the 79-year-old Sepp Blatter of Switzerland resigned amidst the recent FIFA corruption scandal, which saw various officials, including ex-TT football honcho Jack Warner, accused by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of wire fraud, racketeering and money laundering.

The elections will take place on February 26, 2016 at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.

Other notable names to announce their desire to run for the hot seat are legendary midfield trio Michel Platini of France (the current UEFA president), Diego Maradona of Argentina and Zico of Brazil, as well as Musa Bility.

Nakhid stated, “we are looking at the Caribbean and we’re seeing a certain vacuum in leadership, especially with the turmoil that is taking place within FIFA, within CONCACAF and, by extension, CFU. We’ve been looking at that over the last few months and we feel now is the time for someone to step up from this part of the world, in a positive light, very much different to what it has been before, and take us forward.” Declaring his candidacy, Nakhid, who has 35 international caps for Trinidad and Tobago between 1992 and 2005, said, “we do it in a positive way, which shows the Caribbean in a real light. With everything in mind, to explore and to definitely optimise the Caribbean’s potential.” Nakhid came to prominence as a midfielder with St Mary’s College during the early 1980s before playing for American University in the United States between 1985-87.

He played for a number of clubs — Grasshoppers in Switzerland (1988-92), KSV Waregem in Belgium (1992-94), PAOK Saloniki in Greece (1994-95), Al Ansar in Lebanon (1995-1996 and 2000-03), Joe Public (1997), New England Revolution in the US (1998), Malmo FF in Sweden (1999), Al Mabarrah in Lebanon (2003-04) and Caledonia AIA (2005).

Nakhid is currently the founder and director of the David Nakhid International Football Academy in Lebanon which gained international fame recently for providing opportunities for previously rejected young Palestine footballers.

He pointed out, “I need to really try and solidify the Caribbean membership. We’ve been underdeveloped, when you look at the infrastructure throughout the Caribbean, it’s still as it was 25-30 years ago.

Nakhid disclosed that he has been traversing the Caribbean, holding discussions with a number of footballing administrators.

“We have to try to change that mentality that has prevailed, whereby we cede to somebody from outside,” he insisted. “When you look at the candidates mentioned, for a global position, there is no one mentioned from the Caribbean region because we don’t see ourselves in that light.” Referring to Warner’s lengthy stay in FIFA, which lasted for three decades, Nakhid said, “we thought that we sat at the table, with the past leadership, and then realised we never sat at the table.

Someone sat at the table and pursued his own agenda, not the agenda of the Caribbean as a whole. We need to shift the paradigm in a positive direction and let people know that the Caribbean is here and (we) can take things forward. We have to shift FIFA from that Euro-centric look.” He admitted, “people would be surprised, because they know David Nakhid as a football player. I’ve been an activist for most of my life.

I’ve been critical of the past leadership in the Caribbean, before it was in vogue to be critical of it, and I’ve suffered the consequences of it many times over.” Asked what difference he will bring to FIFA if elected, Nakhid replied, “I’ve played in all the confederations that you can think off.

I speak five or six languages. I have the academic background that is needed for FIFA, more so than any of the others that have put themselves forward.” However, he knows that his pathway to FIFA will not be smooth sailing.

“It’s about votes,” said Nakhid.

“It’s about securing nominations, the official nominations which requires five Federations. We sincerely hope that we can really put someone from the Caribbean forward.

We have to get that nomination before October 26, and that gives us about five months to campaign.”

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Sancho throws support behind Nakhid
By JOEL BAILEY (NEWSDAY).


MINISTER OF Sport Brent Sancho has thrown his support behind his former Trinidad and Tobago football teammate David Nakhid, who has decided to run for the presidency of FIFA, the game’s global governing body.

“It’s always good to hear an ex-player, especially one from these shores, who would have excelled and did well for our country, and persevering for the other guys. I’ve always felt that past players make better administrators,” said the 38-year-old Sancho, who played with Nakhid on the national team from 1999-2005.

He added, “I believe they have an inside knowledge that probably somebody that hasn’t played the game. It’s always good to see that our past players are continuing to strive. I’m quite happy to hear that.” Nakhid has no prior experience as a football administrator, but Sancho thinks that the ex-TT captain has what it takes to excel in such a role.

“He is a very popular person and a popular player,” said Sancho of the 51-year-old Nakhid. “He was a good leader for this country, on and off the field. I can’t see it necessarily being an issue. The main thing obviously is good governance and making sure that the vision that he has is one that would take football forward in the Caribbean and, by extension, CONCACAF.” The last Trinidad and Tobago football administrator to gain global prominence was Jack Warner, who resigned as a vice-president of FIFA in 2011 after the cash for votes scandal, ahead of the FIFA presidential elections later that year.

Questioned if Nakhid would be a positive influence, if elected, as FIFA president, after Warner’s exit, the Sports Minister responded,“it’s difficult to say. He doesn’t have a track record or such in that position.

“I wish him all the best and he definitely has my support,” Sancho ended.

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Re: Nakhid running for FIFA President
« Reply #819 on: August 12, 2015, 02:51:01 AM »
The next FIFA pres have to solve the issue of Qatar. Platini may have better support in this respect. What kind of solution there is for Qatar?

How so?

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Re: Nakhid running for FIFA President
« Reply #820 on: August 12, 2015, 06:14:46 AM »
Nakhid de traitor.

The Caribbean will never get to be head of nothing anymore.

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« Reply #821 on: August 12, 2015, 06:21:08 AM »
Nakhid de traitor.

The Caribbean will never get to be head of nothing anymore.



While I agree Nakhid is a long, long shot, why do you call him a traitor?

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Re: Nakhid running for FIFA President
« Reply #823 on: August 12, 2015, 06:28:56 AM »
Anybody dead? No. Nakhid eh have blood on his hands.

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Re: Nakhid running for FIFA President
« Reply #824 on: August 12, 2015, 06:44:01 AM »
Candidacies shouldn't be evaluated on whether they are supposedly "long shots". Since when is that controlling or determinative of what ultimately occurs?

Candidacies should be evaluated on their message, their [moral] authority and core values, their proposed path forward, their context, their sustaining and underlying principles, the wholesomeness of the ideas presented/represented, any implicit negatives, the viability of the candidacy lending material value to the debate, and on pragmatic cost-benefit analysis.

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« Reply #825 on: August 12, 2015, 06:54:39 AM »
Candidacies shouldn't be evaluated on whether they are supposedly "long shots". Since when is that controlling or determinative of what ultimately occurs?

Candidacies should be evaluated on their message, their [moral] authority and core values, their proposed path forward, their context, their sustaining and underlying principles, the wholesomeness of the ideas presented/represented, any implicit negatives, the viability of the candidacy lending material value to the debate, and on pragmatic cost-benefit analysis.


I agree. That is the ideal. But no Caribbean getting a top notch post in FIFA for the foreseeable future. Low level, mid-management, yes.
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Re: Nakhid running for FIFA President
« Reply #826 on: August 12, 2015, 08:04:48 AM »
The next FIFA pres have to solve the issue of Qatar. Platini may have better support in this respect. What kind of solution there is for Qatar?

How so?

is an insider/outsider kind of election. if an outsider come in offering to reform AND also save the qatar situation - fifa go look both corrupt AND useless/incompetent instead of just corrupt. the scope of reform efforts would be even greater if fifa can't show an ability to fix qatar.

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« Reply #827 on: August 12, 2015, 08:41:27 AM »
http://socawarriors.net/mens-senior-team/67-mens-senior-team/1971-notice-from-the-ttff-regarding-david-nakhid.html

http://legacy.guardian.co.tt/archives/2005-10-25/sports4.html



Almost Everyone remembers that... The only thing I can say is, in other sports the teams share their videos to the opponent... It's normal place...JW and them made their money as well.. What Nakhid did was wrong but people can be forgiven for their past indiscretions... It was bitterness and treachery to a certain extent, but we prevailed regardless, God had that preordained for us, not even Nakhid could have stopped that..

In terms of the racist remark, can anyone share what was that racist remark? I forgot about that...

Nakhid supports this current team I believe and he wishes them well so I believe he's moved on and may have realized he made his mistakes and was sorry for it... Maybe he should address them and put it to rest...

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Re: Nakhid running for FIFA President
« Reply #828 on: August 12, 2015, 09:42:26 AM »
The next FIFA pres have to solve the issue of Qatar. Platini may have better support in this respect. What kind of solution there is for Qatar?

How so?

is an insider/outsider kind of election. if an outsider come in offering to reform AND also save the qatar situation - fifa go look both corrupt AND useless/incompetent instead of just corrupt. the scope of reform efforts would be even greater if fifa can't show an ability to fix qatar.

Valid point... But sometimes certain blocs don't want competition from other regions.. We have seen what a well trained, coached and prepared West Indies team can do in the past.. The same goes for the talent in the Caribbean... Natural, speed and flair... With the right support they would be a handful for any region.. Contest the WC as well...

So I think it runs deeper than just image and the scope of reforms... Anything that threatens the hegemon or goes against the tide.. Will meet resistance... Fifa is political, superiority in sport has many upsides...

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Re: Nakhid running for FIFA President
« Reply #829 on: August 13, 2015, 02:16:43 AM »
Tim Kee backs Nakhid’s bid for FIFA president
By JOEL BAILEY (Express).


DAVID NAKHID has received a glowing endorsement in his bid to become the next president of FIFA from Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president Raymond Tim Kee.

On Tuesday, Nakhid declared his intention to run for president of FIFA during a live interview on the Rogers Radio Caribbean in Antigua. Tim Kee, in a telephone interview yesterday, spoke in glowing terms of the former Trinidad and Tobago midfielder and team captain.

“David Nakhid is somebody for who I have utmost respect, and this goes way back,” said Tim Kee.

“I was one of the very few people (in local football administration) who made him comfortable.

“I respected him, his independence of thought and he is a stickler for what he believes is right,” he continued.

“He does not compromise anything in his mind which is not right.” Tim Kee pointed out, “David Nakhid is a man who is well-qualified.

He has two different degrees (International Relations and Economics from American University in Washington DC), he speaks several different languages.

“I know he has been in what you call the big leagues. I was kind of surprised when that indication came to me but if David gets the opportunity, he has the credentials to do great things as a leader in football.” Tim Kee is confident that Nakhid can be a worthwhile replacement for Sepp Blatter, who announced his resignation as FIFA president in June, in the midst of the FIFA corruption scandal.

“When somebody has to do a job, the main thing you look at is the credentials,” said the TT FA boss.

“David is (51) so he acquired the right age and the level of experience which will serve him in good stead.

“He’s an International Relations man, he knows how to treat with the world,” Tim Kee added.

“He’s bright, he has potential and that is what you need to recruit, somebody who does not have baggage, who is coming into a new environment and could change things around.

David is a good man and I wish that he gets the support that is required to be among the candidates.” He went on to state, “I think David is a good candidate, as long as he pursues it further.

David and I have chatted, he’ll throw things out and we’ll chat.

If he’s really geared for this, it’s something I think will be a good thing.

“I don’t know who we have in the Caribbean who can rival David in terms of qualifications (and) I dare say, in CONCACAF even, when I look around at all those guys that are involved at the highest level,” Tim Kee emphasised.

“David is a smart guy and a honest, sincere person. You wouldn’t be getting any six-fora- nine with David.

Over the years, he has mellowed a lot.

He’s a lot more suave and a lot more smooth, as compared to how he was when he was playing for Trinidad (and Tobago).” Asked about the likelihood that Nakhid may receive criticism over his lack of experience in football administration, Tim Kee replied, “people had said that about (Franz) Beckenbauer, when he was coach of Germany, he was a (great) player.

“(Michel) Platini was a great player before he went in to UEFA, and he turned to be a good and excellent president of Europe.

But he had no experience before that, in administration.”

The real measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

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Re: Nakhid running for FIFA President
« Reply #830 on: August 13, 2015, 10:09:01 AM »
The next FIFA pres have to solve the issue of Qatar. Platini may have better support in this respect. What kind of solution there is for Qatar?

How so?

is an insider/outsider kind of election. if an outsider come in offering to reform AND also save the qatar situation - fifa go look both corrupt AND useless/incompetent instead of just corrupt. the scope of reform efforts would be even greater if fifa can't show an ability to fix qatar.

Valid point... But sometimes certain blocs don't want competition from other regions.. We have seen what a well trained, coached and prepared West Indies team can do in the past.. The same goes for the talent in the Caribbean... Natural, speed and flair... With the right support they would be a handful for any region.. Contest the WC as well...

So I think it runs deeper than just image and the scope of reforms... Anything that threatens the hegemon or goes against the tide.. Will meet resistance... Fifa is political, superiority in sport has many upsides...

i applaud the intentions of nahkid. reforming is a good idea.

remember fifa is also a chiefly european outfit; dem fellas LOVE hierarchy (i've worked for a european outfit). dey doh like "line-jumpers". that is why i saying the organization will coalesce around platini by instinct.

but if is an organization looking for reform, why go any further than concacaf? warner and webb. clearly the other heads must have known something and are tainted by association.

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« Reply #831 on: August 16, 2015, 10:23:19 PM »

http://www.tv6tnt.com/sevenpm-news/-FUTSAL-INTERVIEW-7903---321929642.html

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FIFA candidate David Nakhid has announced his intentions for the upcoming FIFA Elections, one of them being to take the Caribbean forward. Nakhid, who is in T&T gathering support for his campaign says he intends to create a new legacy at the helm of FIFA if elected.

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« Reply #832 on: August 17, 2015, 12:09:13 AM »
The next FIFA pres have to solve the issue of Qatar. Platini may have better support in this respect. What kind of solution there is for Qatar?

How so?

is an insider/outsider kind of election. if an outsider come in offering to reform AND also save the qatar situation - fifa go look both corrupt AND useless/incompetent instead of just corrupt. the scope of reform efforts would be even greater if fifa can't show an ability to fix qatar.

Valid point... But sometimes certain blocs don't want competition from other regions.. We have seen what a well trained, coached and prepared West Indies team can do in the past.. The same goes for the talent in the Caribbean... Natural, speed and flair... With the right support they would be a handful for any region.. Contest the WC as well...

So I think it runs deeper than just image and the scope of reforms... Anything that threatens the hegemon or goes against the tide.. Will meet resistance... Fifa is political, superiority in sport has many upsides...

i applaud the intentions of nahkid. reforming is a good idea.

remember fifa is also a chiefly european outfit; dem fellas LOVE hierarchy (i've worked for a european outfit). dey doh like "line-jumpers". that is why i saying the organization will coalesce around platini by instinct.

but if is an organization looking for reform, why go any further than concacaf? warner and webb. clearly the other heads must have known something and are tainted by association.

I don't think it's a matter of being a line jumper, it's who the line jumper is and are they aligned with the goals and vision of Europe or more specifically the FA... The illusion of patronage is something Nakhid has to be very careful about... Especially in CFU..

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« Reply #833 on: August 17, 2015, 03:22:12 AM »
David Nakhid kolejnym kandydatem na prezydenta FIFA
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Były pomocnik piłkarskiej reprezentacji Trynidadu i Tobago David Nakhid zapowiedział, że będzie kandydował w wyborach na stanowisko prezydenta Międzynarodowej Federacji Piłki Nożnej (FIFA).

Nakhid, który aktualnie prowadzi szkółkę piłkarską w Libanie, wrócił na Karaiby, gdzie będzie starał się zdobyć poparcie działaczy miejscowej federacji. Kierujący światowym futbolem od 17 lat Szwajcar Joseph Blatter zapowiedział 2 czerwca, że ustąpi ze stanowiska. Szwajcar cztery dni po reelekcji na piątą kadencję ogłosił rezygnację. To pokłosie afery korupcyjnej i zatrzymań w Genewie wysokich rangą działaczy FIFA.

27 maja, tuż przed kongresem FIFA, na zlecenie amerykańskiego wymiaru sprawiedliwości aresztowano w Zurychu siedmiu działaczy FIFA, którzy usłyszeli zarzuty korupcyjne. Chodzi o kwoty w sumie ponad 100 mln dolarów. Osobne śledztwo Szwajcarów skupia się na nieprawidłowościach przy przyznaniu Rosji i Katarowi praw do organizacji mistrzostw świata w 2018 i 2022 roku. Do nieprawidłowości miało dojść również przy wyborze gospodarzy dwóch wcześniejszych mundiali - w Niemczech (2006) i RPA (2010).

Nakhid nie jest pierwszym kandydatem na stanowisko po Blatterze. Już 18 czerwca chęć kandydowania zapowiedział prezes Liberyjskiego Związku Piłki Nożnej Musa Bility. Wcześniej podobne zamiary wyrazili słynny brazylijski piłkarz Zico i Argentyńczyk Diego Maradona. Jako drugi na listę kandydatów "wpisał" się południowokoreański biznesmen i polityk 61-letni Chung Mong-joon. W przeszłości był już wiceprezydentem piłkarskiej centrali, a także kierował krajową federacją.

Pod koniec lipca walkę o schedę po Blatterze zapowiedział szef europejskiej unii (UEFA) Francuz Michel Platini. "Czasem przychodzi taka chwila, kiedy trzeba wziąć swój los we własne ręce. To bardzo przemyślana decyzja. Przed jej podjęciem brałem pod uwagę zarówno przyszłość futbolu, jak i swoją. Przez blisko pół wieku FIFA była rządzona tylko przez dwie osoby. Chcę przywrócić tej organizacji szacunek, na jaki zasługuje" - zadeklarował Platini.

Podczas majowych wyborów Platini nie kandydował, ale publicznie poparł jedynego kontrkandydata Blattera - jordańskiego księcia Alego bin Al-Husseina. Przegrał on jednak stosunkiem głosów 73-133.

David Nakhid candidat à l'élection pour la présidence
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L'ancien international trinidadien David Nakhid a annoncé qu'il serait candidat à l'élection pour la présidence de la FIFA en février prochain. Le milieu de terrain retraité, âgé de 51 ans, vit désormais au Liban où il dirige une academie de formation. Nakhid est actuellement dans les Caraïbes, à la recherche de soutiens de la part des fédérations locales.

«J'ai décidé de sauter le pas, et je suis impatient de relever le défi», a-t-il expliqué, avant de préciser qu'il était «optimiste» sur ses chances de réunir les cinq parrainages nécessaires pour pouvoir officialiser sa candidature.

David Nakhid candidato à presidência da FIFA
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O antigo internacional de Trinidade e Tobafo, David Nakhid, anunciou esta quarta-feira a sua intenção de se candidatar à presidência da FIFA.

O ex-jogador, de 51 anos, responsável por uma academia de futebol no Líbano procura agora apoios por entre as Federações de futebol das Caraíbas.

“Estou ansioso por este desafio”, afirmou esta quarta-feira. Os antigos jogador Zico e Platini também já anunciaram a sua candidatura à presidência do organismo que tutela o futebol mundial.

David Nakhid mengt zich in strijd om voorzitterschap FIFA
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David Nakhid (51) uit Trinidad en Tobago mengt zich in de strijd om het voorzitterschap van de wereldvoetbalbond (FIFA). De ex-international voegt zich bij UEFA-preses Michel Platini en de Zuid-Koreaan Chung Mong-Joon, die zich al eerder meldden als mogelijke opvolger van Sepp Blatter (foto).

Nakhid speelde als middenvelder onder meer voor KSV Waregem (Bel), PAOK Saloniki (Gri) en Malmö FF (Zwe). Hij kwam als international tot 89 interlands, waarin hij 24 keer trefzeker was.

Hij hoopt dat hij de steun krijgt van minstens vijf landen uit het Caraïbisch gebied, zodat hij zich officieel aan kan melden als mogelijke opvolger van zittende voorzitter Blatter.

Op 26 februari 2016 wordt de opvolger van de 79-jarige Zwitser gekozen tijdens een presidentsverkiezing. Kandidaten kunnen zich tot 26 oktober officieel aanmelden. Daarvoor hebben zij de steun nodig van vijf bij de FIFA aangesloten landen.

Nama David Nakhid Muncul Di Bursa Pencalonan Presiden FIFA
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Mantan gelandang Timnas Trinidad-Tobago David Nakhid muncul sebagai nama baru yang mencalonkan diri pada pemilihan Februari untuk menggantikan Sepp Blatter sebagai presiden Federation Iinternationale de Football Association (FIFA).

Nakhid, yang tinggal di Lebanon tempat dia pernah bermain untuk klub Al Ansar, kembali ke Karibia untuk mencari dukungan dari ofisial-ofisial setempat.

Untuk dapat menjadi kandidat, pria berusia 51 tahun itu memerlukan dukungan sedikitnya lima asosiasi sepak bola nasional, persyaratan yang membuat sebagian orang batal mengajukan diri pada pencalonan-pencalonan sebelumnya.

"Saya telah meletakkan topi saya di gelanggang dan kami tidak sabar untuk menantang," ucapnya pada Rabu (12/8/2015).

Nakhid optimistis mendapatkan sedikitnya lima dukungan. Dia telah bertemu presiden persatuan sepak bola Karibia (CFU) Gordon Derrick di Antigua dan telah diundang untuk berbicara kepada komite eksekutif CFU pada Sabtu 15/8/2015).

Pada kesempatan terpisah Derrick juga membenarkan bahwa Nakhid akan diberi kesempatan beraudiensi.

CFU memiliki 25 dari 35 suara dari Konfederasi Sepak Bola Amerika Utara, Amerika Tengah, Karibia (Concacaf).

"Fokus FIFA mestinya pada perkembangan bersamaan dengan pengawasan yang layak," kata Nakhid, yang pernah mengkritik keras mantan wakil presiden FIFA asal Trinidad sekaligus mantan presiden Concacaf Jack Warner.

"Wilayah ini berada di bawah perkembangan yang kurang layak akibat kepemimpinan tidak kompeten yang hadir dari bagian ini di dunia. Jack Warner tidak pernah benar-benar mewakili wilayah ini," ucapnya.

Sejauh ini presiden FIFA Michel Platini, mantan wakil presiden FIFA Chung Moon Joon dari Korea Selatan, mantan pemain Brazil Zico, dan ketua federasi sepak bola Liberia Musa Bility telah mengatakan bahwa mereka akan mencalonkan diri pada pemilihan yang digelar pafa 26 Februari 2016.

Pangeran Jordania Ali bin Al Hussen, yang dikalahkan Blatter pada pemilihan Mei 2015, juga tengah mempertimbangkan untuk kembali mengajukan diri, sedangkan Tokyo Sexwale asal Afrika Selatan mengatakan masih pikir-pikir sebelum menentukan sikap.

Nakhid memiliki ikatan yang cukup kuat dengan Zurich,kota di Swiss di mana markas FIFA berada. Dia bermain untuk klub kota itu Grasshoppers pada awal 1990-an, dan juga bermain di Liga AS untuk New England Revolution.
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Re: The David Nakhid Thread
« Reply #834 on: August 17, 2015, 01:37:30 PM »
David Nakhid kolejnym kandydatem na prezydenta FIFA
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Były pomocnik piłkarskiej reprezentacji Trynidadu i Tobago David Nakhid zapowiedział, że będzie kandydował w wyborach na stanowisko prezydenta Międzynarodowej Federacji Piłki Nożnej (FIFA).

Nakhid, który aktualnie prowadzi szkółkę piłkarską w Libanie, wrócił na Karaiby, gdzie będzie starał się zdobyć poparcie działaczy miejscowej federacji. Kierujący światowym futbolem od 17 lat Szwajcar Joseph Blatter zapowiedział 2 czerwca, że ustąpi ze stanowiska. Szwajcar cztery dni po reelekcji na piątą kadencję ogłosił rezygnację. To pokłosie afery korupcyjnej i zatrzymań w Genewie wysokich rangą działaczy FIFA.

27 maja, tuż przed kongresem FIFA, na zlecenie amerykańskiego wymiaru sprawiedliwości aresztowano w Zurychu siedmiu działaczy FIFA, którzy usłyszeli zarzuty korupcyjne. Chodzi o kwoty w sumie ponad 100 mln dolarów. Osobne śledztwo Szwajcarów skupia się na nieprawidłowościach przy przyznaniu Rosji i Katarowi praw do organizacji mistrzostw świata w 2018 i 2022 roku. Do nieprawidłowości miało dojść również przy wyborze gospodarzy dwóch wcześniejszych mundiali - w Niemczech (2006) i RPA (2010).

Nakhid nie jest pierwszym kandydatem na stanowisko po Blatterze. Już 18 czerwca chęć kandydowania zapowiedział prezes Liberyjskiego Związku Piłki Nożnej Musa Bility. Wcześniej podobne zamiary wyrazili słynny brazylijski piłkarz Zico i Argentyńczyk Diego Maradona. Jako drugi na listę kandydatów "wpisał" się południowokoreański biznesmen i polityk 61-letni Chung Mong-joon. W przeszłości był już wiceprezydentem piłkarskiej centrali, a także kierował krajową federacją.

Pod koniec lipca walkę o schedę po Blatterze zapowiedział szef europejskiej unii (UEFA) Francuz Michel Platini. "Czasem przychodzi taka chwila, kiedy trzeba wziąć swój los we własne ręce. To bardzo przemyślana decyzja. Przed jej podjęciem brałem pod uwagę zarówno przyszłość futbolu, jak i swoją. Przez blisko pół wieku FIFA była rządzona tylko przez dwie osoby. Chcę przywrócić tej organizacji szacunek, na jaki zasługuje" - zadeklarował Platini.

Podczas majowych wyborów Platini nie kandydował, ale publicznie poparł jedynego kontrkandydata Blattera - jordańskiego księcia Alego bin Al-Husseina. Przegrał on jednak stosunkiem głosów 73-133.

David Nakhid candidat à l'élection pour la présidence
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L'ancien international trinidadien David Nakhid a annoncé qu'il serait candidat à l'élection pour la présidence de la FIFA en février prochain. Le milieu de terrain retraité, âgé de 51 ans, vit désormais au Liban où il dirige une academie de formation. Nakhid est actuellement dans les Caraïbes, à la recherche de soutiens de la part des fédérations locales.

«J'ai décidé de sauter le pas, et je suis impatient de relever le défi», a-t-il expliqué, avant de préciser qu'il était «optimiste» sur ses chances de réunir les cinq parrainages nécessaires pour pouvoir officialiser sa candidature.

David Nakhid candidato à presidência da FIFA
Sapo Desporto


O antigo internacional de Trinidade e Tobafo, David Nakhid, anunciou esta quarta-feira a sua intenção de se candidatar à presidência da FIFA.

O ex-jogador, de 51 anos, responsável por uma academia de futebol no Líbano procura agora apoios por entre as Federações de futebol das Caraíbas.

“Estou ansioso por este desafio”, afirmou esta quarta-feira. Os antigos jogador Zico e Platini também já anunciaram a sua candidatura à presidência do organismo que tutela o futebol mundial.

David Nakhid mengt zich in strijd om voorzitterschap FIFA
Voetbal International


David Nakhid (51) uit Trinidad en Tobago mengt zich in de strijd om het voorzitterschap van de wereldvoetbalbond (FIFA). De ex-international voegt zich bij UEFA-preses Michel Platini en de Zuid-Koreaan Chung Mong-Joon, die zich al eerder meldden als mogelijke opvolger van Sepp Blatter (foto).

Nakhid speelde als middenvelder onder meer voor KSV Waregem (Bel), PAOK Saloniki (Gri) en Malmö FF (Zwe). Hij kwam als international tot 89 interlands, waarin hij 24 keer trefzeker was.

Hij hoopt dat hij de steun krijgt van minstens vijf landen uit het Caraïbisch gebied, zodat hij zich officieel aan kan melden als mogelijke opvolger van zittende voorzitter Blatter.

Op 26 februari 2016 wordt de opvolger van de 79-jarige Zwitser gekozen tijdens een presidentsverkiezing. Kandidaten kunnen zich tot 26 oktober officieel aanmelden. Daarvoor hebben zij de steun nodig van vijf bij de FIFA aangesloten landen.

Nama David Nakhid Muncul Di Bursa Pencalonan Presiden FIFA
Bola.Bisnis.com




Mantan gelandang Timnas Trinidad-Tobago David Nakhid muncul sebagai nama baru yang mencalonkan diri pada pemilihan Februari untuk menggantikan Sepp Blatter sebagai presiden Federation Iinternationale de Football Association (FIFA).

Nakhid, yang tinggal di Lebanon tempat dia pernah bermain untuk klub Al Ansar, kembali ke Karibia untuk mencari dukungan dari ofisial-ofisial setempat.

Untuk dapat menjadi kandidat, pria berusia 51 tahun itu memerlukan dukungan sedikitnya lima asosiasi sepak bola nasional, persyaratan yang membuat sebagian orang batal mengajukan diri pada pencalonan-pencalonan sebelumnya.

"Saya telah meletakkan topi saya di gelanggang dan kami tidak sabar untuk menantang," ucapnya pada Rabu (12/8/2015).

Nakhid optimistis mendapatkan sedikitnya lima dukungan. Dia telah bertemu presiden persatuan sepak bola Karibia (CFU) Gordon Derrick di Antigua dan telah diundang untuk berbicara kepada komite eksekutif CFU pada Sabtu 15/8/2015).

Pada kesempatan terpisah Derrick juga membenarkan bahwa Nakhid akan diberi kesempatan beraudiensi.

CFU memiliki 25 dari 35 suara dari Konfederasi Sepak Bola Amerika Utara, Amerika Tengah, Karibia (Concacaf).

"Fokus FIFA mestinya pada perkembangan bersamaan dengan pengawasan yang layak," kata Nakhid, yang pernah mengkritik keras mantan wakil presiden FIFA asal Trinidad sekaligus mantan presiden Concacaf Jack Warner.

"Wilayah ini berada di bawah perkembangan yang kurang layak akibat kepemimpinan tidak kompeten yang hadir dari bagian ini di dunia. Jack Warner tidak pernah benar-benar mewakili wilayah ini," ucapnya.

Sejauh ini presiden FIFA Michel Platini, mantan wakil presiden FIFA Chung Moon Joon dari Korea Selatan, mantan pemain Brazil Zico, dan ketua federasi sepak bola Liberia Musa Bility telah mengatakan bahwa mereka akan mencalonkan diri pada pemilihan yang digelar pafa 26 Februari 2016.

Pangeran Jordania Ali bin Al Hussen, yang dikalahkan Blatter pada pemilihan Mei 2015, juga tengah mempertimbangkan untuk kembali mengajukan diri, sedangkan Tokyo Sexwale asal Afrika Selatan mengatakan masih pikir-pikir sebelum menentukan sikap.

Nakhid memiliki ikatan yang cukup kuat dengan Zurich,kota di Swiss di mana markas FIFA berada. Dia bermain untuk klub kota itu Grasshoppers pada awal 1990-an, dan juga bermain di Liga AS untuk New England Revolution.


Is there an English version or even French.. Not blessed in multiple languages like David  :D

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Re: The David Nakhid Thread
« Reply #835 on: August 17, 2015, 02:37:20 PM »
I guess you missed the French article.

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« Reply #836 on: August 18, 2015, 10:22:33 AM »
I guess you missed the French article.

my apologies... just saw it... :beermug:

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David Nakhid visits Guyana to promote FIFA candidacy
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David Nakhid visits Guyana to promote FIFA candidacy
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Former Trinidad and Tobago international midfielder David Nakhid who recently stated that he will stand in February’s election to replace the outgoing Sepp Blatter as president of FIFA, is in Guyana and is expected to meet Normalisation Committee of the Guyana Football Federation Chairman, Clinton Urling, sometime today.

Nakhid, who is based in Lebanon where he runs a football academy, has returned to the Caribbean seeking support from local officials.

“I have put my hat in the ring and we are looking forward to the challenge,” he had stated recently, adding that he was “optimistic” of getting the five nominations he needs to press ahead.

Kaieteur Sport ran into Nakhid at the Marriot Hotel where he is staying and solicited a comment on his visit.

In an invited comment Nakhid said he is here to meet with the chairman of the Normalisation Committee of the GFF Clinton Urling to discuss his candidacy for FIFA president.

He added that he is a long standing friend with National coach Jamaal Shabazz and has followed Guyana’s football over the years. “Jamaal says that Guyana is his home and as brothers he told me his home is my home so I am here,” he informed.

The front runner in the race is Europe’s Michel Platini. Nakhid will hope to get the support of the Urling led GFF to put him in the running.
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Former American University star says he’s running for FIFA president
By Steven Goff (The Washington Post).


On most Mondays, Page 2 of the Sports print section features a soccer centerpiece and several notebook items geared toward a broader audience than the blog does. Some material has appeared on the Insider previously. Here are this week’s contents:

Campaign season is heating up and, with a blur of candidates tossing their hat into the ring, it has become difficult to keep tabs of favorites and dreamers ahead of the first votes being cast in February.

The Republican and Democratic primaries?

Small theater compared to the FIFA presidential election.

Sepp Blatter, the scandal-bruised head of soccer’s corruption-stained international governing body, is stepping aside this winter. He said he will not seek re-election, though suspicions linger about his running again. If he did, Blatter would continue receiving support from many countries that have benefited during his 17-year reign.

In the aftermath of arrests, indictments and investigations this summer, FIFA has called an extraordinary congress Feb. 26 in Zurich to elect a new leader.

The deadline for candidates to submit formal papers is Oct. 26. To get onto the ballot, one must have the support of five member nations.

The early favorite is Michel Platini, 60, the former French superstar who has headed the European confederation for eight years and engaged in an increasingly bitter feud with Blatter. Earlier this year, UEFA’s opposition to Blatter led to suggestions that it withdraw from FIFA altogether.

The nastiness is growing.

On Saturday, German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported that a dossier entitled “Platini – Skeleton in the Closet,” was being distributed to European media outlets from FIFA’s Zurich headquarters. UEFA asked FIFA to investigate.

Separately, in an interview with Dutch newspaper Volkskrant, Blatter said there was an “anti-FIFA virus in Nyon”, the Swiss city where UEFA is based.

Other potential FIFA candidates range from former players and coaches to current and former FIFA figures: South Korea’s Chung Mong Joon, who served on FIFA’s executive committee and helped his country land a share of the 2002 World Cup hosting rights with Japan; Jordan’s Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein, who lost to Blatter in the May election; Liberian official Musa Bility; South African political activist Tokyo Sexwale; and legendary players Diego Maradona and Zico.

The latest individual to express interest is an American University graduate, David Nakhid. The Trinidad and Tobago native was a midfielder on the 1985 AU squad that lost to UCLA in the longest NCAA match in history, an eight-overtime affair at the Seattle Kingdome, won by the Bruins, 1-0.

Nakhid’s son, Panos, is entering his junior season at AU.

Nakhid, 51, played professionally in Belgium, Switzerland, Greece, Lebanon, Trinidad and Tobago, MLS (New England Revolution), Sweden and the United Arab Emirates over a 15-year career. He was also a national team midfielder and assistant coach. Currently, he operates a soccer academy in Beirut.

Nakhid is attempting to rally support in the Caribbean, which makes up 25 of the 35 representatives in CONCACAF, the regional governing body. He was scheduled to address the Caribbean executive committee over the weekend.

Large or small, serious or indifferent about soccer, all FIFA members wield equal power in presidential elections. Consequently, the Caribbean block carries weight, though it’s hard to imagine Nakhid receiving much support elsewhere.

“For too long, we in the [Caribbean union] have been the handmaidens in CONCACAF,” he wrote on his Facebook campaign page. “The Caribbean must use its majority voting power to positively impact good corporate governance and serious development in football from the grassroots levels to the elite, within our region and in the wider global governing body.”
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Re: The David Nakhid Thread
« Reply #839 on: August 19, 2015, 03:04:44 PM »
Would like to hear Nakhid's stance on ethics in general.
What he thinks of Jackula: Angel, friend, hero, indebted for life, example for us, mentor, crook, pure duttyness, evil? Which?
Does he he want to be just like him, slightly different or making a drastic departure?
Is Tim Kee the real deal or cut from the same stinkin' cloth as Jackulito, baby Jackulito, rodent and Scampito?
What about his buddy Papa Cornmeal. & clan. More of the same social order to be recycled or time for some progressive improvements?
What should be the FIFA governing philosophy and how does one counter a deep seated culture of hard core, mafia-style corruption or is the plan to just share the spoils of corruption more evenly so Cornmeal and company and others around the world could eat ah more regulah food.
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Supportin' de Warriors right tru.

 

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