Jacques Glassmann (born 22 July 1962) is a French former
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who played as a
defender.
He is famous for having revealed the
bribery scandal involving
Olympique de Marseille
Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional Association football, football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top f ...
and his team
US Valenciennes. He
and teammates
Jorge Burruchaga and
Christophe Robert were contacted by Marseille player
Jean-Jacques Eydelie in order to let Marseille win and, more importantly, not to injure any Marseille player ahead of the
1993 UEFA Champions League Final
The 1993 UEFA Champions League final, originally known as the 1993 European Cup final, was a football match between French club Marseille and Italian club Milan, played on 26 May 1993 at the Olympiastadion in Munich.
The final, which followed th ...
.
He was eventually awarded the
FIFA Fair Play Award
The FIFA Fair Play Award is a FIFA recognition of exemplary behaviour that promotes the spirit of fair play and compassion in :association football around the world. First awarded in 1987, it has been presented to individuals (including posthu ...
in 1995 for having revealed this bribery scandal.
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Living people
1962 births
Men's association football defenders
French men's footballers
RC Strasbourg Alsace players
FC Mulhouse players
Tours FC players
Valenciennes FC players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Footballers from Mulhouse
Association football controversies
French whistleblowers
French people of German descent
20th-century French sportsmen
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