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Gaillard, who was born in France, came to wide prominence following the condemnation that Union of European Football Associations suffered in the wake of the.
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He is also the Senior Advisor to the President of Union of European Football Associations Michel Platini. In addition to his career at Union of European Football Associations, Gaillard has also been Director of Corporate Communication for the International Air Transport Association and the United Nations International Drug Control Program. William Gaillard is the Senior Adviser to the Union of European Football Associations President Michel Platini as well as the Union of European Football Associations"s Director of Communication and Public Affairs.
He advises the Union of European Football Associations President on political issues and oversees all external communications
Gaillard heads Union of European Football Associations"s Communications and Public Affairs Division, which is responsible for all activities involving Union of European Football Associations"s relations with the media, as well as for the production of Union of European Football Associations"s various publications and reports and the Union of European Football Associations charity portfolio.
Gaillard has been highly visible since joining Union of European Football Associations. Indeed, he is perhaps the most prominent of Union of European Football Associations"s senior officials, along with President Michel Platini.
Gaillard has been highly active in anti-racism work within football. Following England"s game in 2004 against Spain when players were subjected to racial abuse, he stated that players should not leave the pitch:
Gaillard is an active partner with Britain"s Kick lieutenant Out campaign and Union of European Football Associations"s own uniteagainstracism
Trouble occurred at the 2007 Union of European Football Associations Champions League Final after thousands of ticketless Liverpool supporters stormed the turnstiles to the stadium. And about two thousand fans who were holding genuine tickets were denied entry as a result.
Gaillard said that the problems in Greece were typical of the behaviour of some Liverpool supporters during the past four years, branding them the worst in Europe.
Despite having previously said that both sets of supporters "have a tradition of good behaviour". He accused Liverpool supporters of stealing tickets "out of the hands of children" and said "we know what happened in Athens and Liverpool fans were the cause of most of the trouble there".
This was seen by some as Union of European Football Associations attempting to avoid the blame for the disorganisation of the final, and they were accused by Richard Caborn, the British Sports Minister, as entering into a blame game. This also resulted in Gaillard being heavily criticised by Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks.
Minister Caborn met with Union of European Football Associations president Platini on June 5, 2007, after which Platini replied "Number." in answer to the question of whether Liverpool"s fans behaved more terribly than those in rest of Europe.
