CAF announce 'unanimous' support for Infantino re-election
FIFA president Giani Infantino (L) and CAF president Dr. Patrice Motsepe enjoying the proceedings of CHAN 2024 final between Morocco and Madagascar at the MISC Kasarani on August 30, 2025. Morocco won 3-2.
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In a brief statement following a meeting ahead of the FIFA Congress in Vancouver, CAF said it had "unanimously agreed" to support Infantino when the FIFA chief stands for re-election in 2027.
Infantino took over as head of FIFA in 2016 in the wake of the corruption scandal that led to the downfall of predecessor Sepp Blatter.
He was subsequently re-elected to the post in 2019 and 2023.
Although FIFA statues limit FIFA presidents to three terms in office, Infantino is allowed to run for re-election next year after the body ruled that his first, partial term from 2016-2019 following Blatter's ouster did not count towards the total.
CAF's decision to support Infantino comes after South American football's governing body CONMEBOL also pledged to support the Swiss-Italian official earlier in April.
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