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(Named Honorary FIFA President over a month after leaving office) 12 years, 222 days England: 7: João Havelange [note 5] (1916–2016) 8 May 1974 8 June 1998 (Named Honorary FIFA President on the day he left office, resigned on 30 April 2013) 24 years, 31 days Brazil: 8: Sepp Blatter (born 1936) 8 June 1998 8 October 2015 (impeached) [note 6]
Infantino was a member of FIFA's Reform Committee. [16] On 26 October 2015, he received the backing of the UEFA Executive Committee to stand for the position of president in the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress. On the same day, he confirmed his candidacy and submitted the required declarations of support. [17]
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association [a] (lit. ' International Federation of Association Football '), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA [b] (/ ˈ f iː f ə / FEE-fə), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Miami: “A global soccer capital.” ... It is a global soccer capital today and with FIFA’s presence, it will become even more significant. With Inter Miami ...
He was elected to lead the Confederation of African Football in 1988 and within four years was a vice president of the world soccer body FIFA. In 2002, during a period of deep financial and political turmoil at FIFA, Hayatou challenged then-president Sepp Blatter in an election he would lose heavily despite support for him in Europe.
Issa Hayatou, the long-time leader of African soccer who was made interim president of FIFA during its corruption crisis in 2015, died on Thursday. On behalf of FIFA, condolences go to his family ...
FIFA is the international governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer. The congress may be ordinary or extraordinary . An ordinary congress meets every year, an extraordinary congress may be convened by the FIFA Council (formerly Executive Committee) at any time with the support of one fifth of the members of FIFA.
Kigali Pelé Stadium in Rwanda was renamed for him in March 2023 by Rwandan president Paul Kagame and FIFA president Gianni Infantino as part of the 73rd FIFA Congress. [ 270 ] [ 271 ] On 26 April 2023, the nickname pelé became synonymous with "exceptional, incomparable, unique" in Michaelis Portuguese-language dictionary after a campaign with ...