Thursday 18 July 2013

Meet Nasser Al-Khelaifi PSG-Owner

PSG
Nasser Al-Khelaifi is the president of ligue 1 football club Paris Saint-Germain . He was on the November 12, 1973 in Qatar. Nasser is sports Businessman and a former  professional tennis player. He is the current president of the Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF) and vice-president of the Asian Tennis Federation of the west Asia (ATF) and also the current director of Al Jazeera Sports.

EARLY CAREER
As a tennis professional, Al-Khelaïfi was the second most successful member of the Qatar Davis Cup team after Sultan Khalfan, playing 43 ties between 1992 and 2002 and compiling a 12–31 record in singles, 12–16 in doubles. Al-Khelaïfi appeared twice on the Association of Tennis Professionals(ATP) main tour, losing each time in his first round matches in St. Pölten in 1995 (lost to Muster) and in Doha in 2001. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 995 in late 2002

President Of Paris Saint-Germain Fc
Qatar Investment Authority ("QIA") bought a controlling 70% stake of Paris Saint-Germain in 2011.Qatar Investment Authority officially became the majority shareholder of Paris Saint-Germain and Nasser Al-Khelaïfi presented a five-year plan to take Paris SG to the top of the tree, in France and abroad. Al-Khelaïfi became the new president (and first non-French president) of Paris Saint-Germain in October 2011. As part of the long term plan for the club, Al-Khelaïfi brought in legendary footballer, Leonardo Araújo, as the new director of football. In addition, he attempted to bring in Alexandre Pato and Carlos Tévez to play for the club, but failed. Although Al-Khelaïfi had initially demanded a major trophy haul for the 2011-2012 season, PSG were soon eliminated from the Europa League and both domestic cups, leaving the team only able to compete for the Ligue 1 title.Despite spending more than $132 million on players, PSG failed to dominate, and lost out to eventual winners Montpellier HSC.
In the 2012-13 Season, PSG was able to capture the Ligue 1 Title and also make it to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League, under the goalscoring of newly signed striker, Zlatan Ibrahimović. They eventually lost in a two legged tie to FC Barcelona on away goals

Personal life
Al-Khelaïfi attended the same schools as the royal family in his youth. He is close to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, head of sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority. Upon his unveiling as the new president of PSG, Al-Khelaïfi learned how to speak French.In February, 2012, he won a French 'Sport Business' award, receiving the most votes out of 1,500 and finishing ahead of nine people.

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