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Gianni Infantino Elected New FIFA President by Adamsdelrio(m): 7:27pm On Feb 26, 2016 |
Gianni Infantino has been named the new
FIFA president after voting was concluded
on Friday, 26 February at the FIFA
headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. 207 FIFA member nations voted in Zurich
on Friday and the 45 year old Swiss beat
off competition from favourite Salman Bin
Ibrahim al-Khalifa who finished second
and Prince Ali bin Hussein who finished
third.
Infantino succeeds the dethroned Sepp
Blatter, who was suspended from all
football activities for eight years – later
reduced to six – along with ex-Uefa
president Michel Platini for corruption.
Infantino addressed the FIFA congress
and had the following to say: “Dear
friends, I cannot express my feelings in this
moment,” he said in his acceptance speech.
“I told you I went through a journey, an
exceptional journey, a journey which made
me meet many fantastic people, many people
who love, live, breathe football every day.
“We will restore the image and respect of
Fifa. People will applaud us, applaud you for
what we will do.
“Everyone has to be proud of what we will do
at Fifa. I want to thank you all, all 209 and
the other candidates. Tokyo [Sexwale]
decided four can win, one cannot win. We
had a great competition, a great sign of
democracy in Fifa.
“I want to be president of all 209 [member
federations]. I have travelled the globe and I
will continue to do this. I want to work with
all of you together in order to restore and
rebuild a new Fifa where we can put again
football at the centre of the stage,” he
concluded.
Infantino would hold the position for a
period of 3 years from 2016-2019 when
another elections would be held.
The Swiss-Italian was UEFA secretary
general October 2009 till his new
appointment. The new president had
already said he intends to expand the
World Cup to 40 teams if elected
president. |
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