Anastasia Tsichlas
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Anastasia Tsichlas was a prominent football
Managing Director for the Mamelodi Sundowns
, a successful South Africa
n first-division club. She and her husband Angelo came on the board of the Sundowns in 1988, Anastasia became the Managing Director while Angelo became the Chairman.
She has been featured in many football magazines and is a famous personality in Africa
n football due to both the success of her football team and her reputation as a ruthless manager.
She currently is a member of the FIFA organizational committee for the arrival, in 2010, of the FIFA World Cup
in South Africa, as well as the FIFA Football Committee.
She has been nicknamed the "Iron Lady" by her African supporters; this honorable nickname is also due to her relentless efforts to promote women's football in Africa and the world.
Her son, Stavro Tsichlas is the current goalkeeper coach of AmaTuks, from the University of Pretoria
.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
Managing Director for the Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns are a South African football club that plays in the Premier Soccer League.Since 2003, Sundowns are owned by rand billionaire Patrice Motsepe....
, a successful South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n first-division club. She and her husband Angelo came on the board of the Sundowns in 1988, Anastasia became the Managing Director while Angelo became the Chairman.
She has been featured in many football magazines and is a famous personality in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
n football due to both the success of her football team and her reputation as a ruthless manager.
She currently is a member of the FIFA organizational committee for the arrival, in 2010, of the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
in South Africa, as well as the FIFA Football Committee.
She has been nicknamed the "Iron Lady" by her African supporters; this honorable nickname is also due to her relentless efforts to promote women's football in Africa and the world.
Her son, Stavro Tsichlas is the current goalkeeper coach of AmaTuks, from the University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria is a multi campus public research university located in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa...
.