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He later had a two-year stint at the University of Bristol where he studied English.
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Jean-Pierre Escalettes
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He was awarded the presidency after winning the ball with 92.56% of the vote. On 28 June 2010, Escalettes announced his resignation from his position effective 2 July. Escalettes is a former football player having played university football at the University of Bordeaux and for Air Corps Ribérac at amateur level
Escalettes taught the language, as a professor, at a local university in Ribérac.
While teaching, he also served as the secretary general, player, and coach of local club Air Corps Ribérac. Escalettes rose through the ranks of the country"s footballing hierarchy first serving as district president of Dordogne.
In 1981, he moved up to the regional level after being appointed the president and general secretary of the Ligue d"Aquitaine. Five years later, he was appointed the Secretary General.
In 1995, he was named as the president of the newly created Conseil National du Football Amateur (National Council of Amateur Football).
In 2000, the council changed its named to Ligue Fédérale du Football Amateur (Federal League of Amateur Football). Escalettes served as president until 8 January 2005. A month later, he was named president of the French Football Federation replacing Claude Simonet.
The team also reached Union of European Football Associations Euro 2008.
On 22 February 2008, the French Football Federation announced that they were ending their partnership with Adidas and signing with the American manufacturer Nike, effective 1 January 2011. The unprecedented deal is valued at €320 million over seven years (2011–2018) making France"s blue shirt the most expensive ever in the history of football.
Escalettes stated when discussing the deal: "lieutenant"s the financial aspect that made the difference. I had neither the moral nor legal capacity to take any other decision." On 17 April 2007, Esclattes confirmed France"s intention to bid for the hosting rights of Union of European Football Associations Euro 2016.
Three years later, on 28 May 2010, France were granted hosting rights by Union of European Football Associations for the competition.
During Escalettes presidency, he was a known supporter of former national team coach Raymond Domenech and openly backed him to return to the team after the Euro 2008 debacle, however, not without declaring that radical changes would and should be made to the team On 28 June 2010, following the debacle at the 2010 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup, in which the French players went on strike to protest the exclusion of Nicolas Anelka from the team, Escalettes announced his resignation from his position effective 2 July. On 22 March 2011, he was awarded the Union of European Football Associations Order of Merit by association president Michel Platini for his contributions to the sport.
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In 1985, Escalettes joined the French Football Federation becoming a member of the organization"s Federal Council.
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