Gianni Infantino to stand for re-election as FIFA president
FIFA President Gianni Infantino gives a press conference at the end of the 72th FIFA Congress in the Qatari capital Doha, on March 31, 2022. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
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Gianni Infantino announced on Thursday he will stand
for re-election for a third term as president of FIFA.
"I want to tell you that I will be standing for
re-election next year," Infantino said at the congress of world football's
governing body in Doha.
Infantino, a 52-year-old Swiss-Italian lawyer, was the
secretary general of European governing body UEFA before becoming FIFA
president in 2016 in the wake of the corruption scandal that brought down
predecessor Sepp Blatter.
He then won a second term when he stood unopposed for
re-election at a congress in Paris in 2019.
His mandate then was for four years and the next
congress will take place "some time at the beginning of next year",
Infantino said.
Delegates from across the football world were gathered
in Doha ahead of Friday's draw for the World Cup, which Qatar is holding in
November and December of this year.
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