German football association general secretary Horst Schmidt has been appointed to help the world soccer-body, Fifa, stage its 2010 World Cup tournament in South Africa.
Schmidt, who was first vice president of the German local organising committee will spend a week a month co-ordinating the project as a consultant .
He will serve as the "extended arm" in South Africa and Zurich of Fifa general secretary Urs Linsi, working on the day-to-day management of preparations for the spectacular.
"There can be very few people around the world with such vast experience in terms of event organisation, security matters and ticketing," said Linsi.
Schmidt organised his first World Cup in Germany in 1974, going on to serve Fifa on security and ticketing issues, before tackling operations for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
Fifa has had permanent representation in South Africa since the start of 2006. It will soon move into new offices with the local organising committee.
It had also set up a company to ensure knowledge was transferred about management, accommodation, ticketing, IT and hospitality.
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