Former FIFA exec committee member Aloulou of Tunisia dies

Posted January 14, 2015 10:00 pm

The Associated Press

BATA, Equatorial Guinea (AP) - The Confederation of African Football says Tunisian official and former FIFA executive committee member Slim Aloulou has died.

CAF did not announce his age or a cause of death but Tunisian media said Aloulou was 73.

CAF praised Aloulou on Thursday as an "illustrious" servant to soccer. But he was banned for a year and lost his job chairing FIFA's disputes resolution panel for offering advice to undercover reporters on how to bribe officials during the scandal-tainted votes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Aloulou, a lawyer by trade, was one of a string of FIFA officials to be banned in the wake of the 2010 votes.

CAF said Aloulou died on Wednesday, three days before the African Cup of Nations kicks off in Equatorial Guinea.

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