João Havelange
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João Havelange was a Brazilian sports administrator who served as the long-time president of FIFA and played a major role in globalizing and commercializing world football.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| João Havelange canonical | 3 |
| Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid de Havelange | 2 |
| Havelange | 1 |
| Jean-Marie Havelange | 1 |
| Joao Havelange | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5544807 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: João Havelange Context triple: [Sepp Blatter, precededBy, João Havelange]
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A.
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Juan Antonio Samaranch was a Spanish sports administrator who served as the influential president of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001.
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B.
Sepp Blatter
Sepp Blatter is a Swiss football administrator best known for serving as the long-time and controversial president of FIFA.
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C.
Jacques Rogge
Jacques Rogge was a Belgian sports administrator and former Olympic sailor who served as the eighth president of the International Olympic Committee.
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D.
Laurent Platini
Laurent Platini is the son of legendary French footballer and former UEFA president Michel Platini.
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E.
Johann Rogge
Johann Rogge was a sculptor best known for creating the Neptune Fountain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: João Havelange Target entity description: João Havelange was a Brazilian sports administrator who served as the long-time president of FIFA and played a major role in globalizing and commercializing world football.
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A.
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Juan Antonio Samaranch was a Spanish sports administrator who served as the influential president of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001.
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B.
Sepp Blatter
Sepp Blatter is a Swiss football administrator best known for serving as the long-time and controversial president of FIFA.
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C.
Jacques Rogge
Jacques Rogge was a Belgian sports administrator and former Olympic sailor who served as the eighth president of the International Olympic Committee.
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D.
Laurent Platini
Laurent Platini is the son of legendary French footballer and former UEFA president Michel Platini.
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E.
Johann Rogge
Johann Rogge was a sculptor best known for creating the Neptune Fountain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
football executive
ⓘ
human ⓘ sports administrator ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid de Havelange
ⓘ
linked to:
João Havelange
Jean-Marie Havelange ⓘ
linked to:
João Havelange
Joao Havelange ⓘ
linked to:
João Havelange
|
| appliesToPosition | President of FIFA ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Cemitério São João Batista, Rio de Janeiro
ⓘ
linked to:
São João Batista Cemetery, Rio de Janeiro
|
| causeOfDeath | respiratory infection ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | South America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1916-05-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-08-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
ⓘ
linked to:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
|
| employer |
Brazilian Sports Confederation
ⓘ
FIFA ⓘ International Olympic Committee ⓘ |
| endTime | 1998 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Havelange
ⓘ
linked to:
João Havelange
|
| fullName |
Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid de Havelange
ⓘ
linked to:
João Havelange
|
| givenName |
Faustin
ⓘ
Godefroid ⓘ Jean-Marie ⓘ |
| honorificEponym | Estádio Olímpico João Havelange ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Brazilian Olympic Committee
ⓘ
FIFA Executive Committee ⓘ
linked to:
FIFA Council
International Olympic Committee ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Portuguese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commercializing FIFA competitions
ⓘ
expanding FIFA membership ⓘ expanding the FIFA World Cup ⓘ globalizing world football ⓘ increasing television revenues for football ⓘ promoting football in Africa and Asia ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ sports administrator ⓘ |
| participantIn |
1936 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
1952 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Rio de Janeiro
ⓘ
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ⓘ
linked to:
Rio de Janeiro
|
| placeOfDeath |
Rio de Janeiro
ⓘ
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ⓘ
linked to:
Rio de Janeiro
|
| positionHeld |
President of FIFA
ⓘ
linked to:
FIFA President
member of the International Olympic Committee ⓘ president of the Brazilian Sports Confederation ⓘ |
| representedByTeam |
Brazil national swimming team
ⓘ
Brazil national water polo team ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport |
football
ⓘ
swimming ⓘ water polo ⓘ |
| startTime | 1974 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: João Havelange Description of subject: João Havelange was a Brazilian sports administrator who served as the long-time president of FIFA and played a major role in globalizing and commercializing world football.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Sepp
linked to: João Havelange
linked to: João Havelange
linked to: João Havelange
linked to: João Havelange
linked to: João Havelange