Jacques Glassmann

{{short description|French former footballer (born 1962 mulhouse)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Jacques Glassmann | image = | fullname = | height = 1.82m<ref name="wf">{{cite web |title=Jacques Glassmann |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe102908/jacques-glassmann/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=8 January 2019}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1962|7|22}} | birth_place = Mulhouse, France | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1978–1984 | years2 = 1984–1987 | years3 = 1987–1988 | years4 = 1988–1994 | years5 = 1994–1995 | clubs1 = Strasbourg | clubs2 = Mulhouse | clubs3 = Tours | clubs4 = Valenciennes | clubs5 = US Maubeuge | caps1 = 41 | goals1 = 2 | caps2 = 97 | goals2 = 7 | caps3 = 32 | goals3 = 2 | caps4 = 178 | goals4 = 19 | caps5 = 7 | goals5 = 0 | totalcaps = 348 | totalgoals = 30 }} '''Jacques Glassmann''' (born 22 July 1962) is a French former footballer who played as a defender.

He is famous for having revealed the bribery scandal involving Olympique de Marseille and his team US Valenciennes. He<ref name="iht2">{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/1995/03/14/tapie.php|title=Tapie Directly Implicated As Marseille Trial Opens|work=International Herald Tribute|date=14 March 1995|accessdate=12 March 2007}}</ref> and teammates Jorge Burruchaga<ref name="nyt">{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7D61F3DF931A35754C0A965958260|date=2 July 1993|accessdate=12 March 2007|title=Argentine Charged in Marseille case|work=New York Times}}</ref> and Christophe Robert<ref name="nyt" /> were contacted by Marseille player Jean-Jacques Eydelie<ref name="eurosport">{{cite web|url=http://www.eurosport.com/football/sport_sto817893.shtml|title=Wenger slams former Marseille Chairman|date=23 January 2006|accessdate=12 March 2007|work=Eurosport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060317040430/http://www.eurosport.com/football/sport_sto817893.shtml|archive-date=17 March 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> in order to let Marseille win and, more importantly, not to injure any Marseille player ahead of the 1993 UEFA Champions League Final.

He was eventually awarded the FIFA Fair Play Award in 1995 for having revealed this bribery scandal.

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==External links== * [http://www.racingstub.com/page.php?page=joueur&id=152 Profile]

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{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Glassmann, Jacques}} Category:Living people Category:1962 births Category:Men's association football defenders Category:French men's footballers Category:RC Strasbourg Alsace players Category:FC Mulhouse players Category:Tours FC players Category:Valenciennes FC players Category:Ligue 1 players Category:Ligue 2 players Category:Footballers from Mulhouse Category:Association football controversies Category:French whistleblowers Category:French people of German descent Category:20th-century French sportsmen