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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 FIFA president said his organization is "anxiously awaiting" more evidence before asking its ethics committee to examine allegations made in Britain's Parliament in early May 2011. Hayatou, who is from Cameroon, leads the Confederation of African Football and is a FIFA vice-president.
João Havelange elected to a third term as FIFA president. 44th 1984 Zürich 112 45th 1986 Mexico City 111 João Havelange elected to a fourth term as FIFA president. 46th 1988 Zürich 111 United States selected as the host of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. 47th 1990 Rome 130 João Havelange elected to a fifth term as FIFA president. 48th 1992 ...
FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who is based in Zurich, Switzerland but has a home in South Florida, was at MDC’s Padron Campus in Little Havana for the announcement of the collaboration, along ...
Weah returned to the national team for a specially arranged friendly against Nigeria on 11 September 2018, his final international appearance, playing at the age of 51 while in office as the country's president. His number 14 shirt, worn at his playing peak, was retired after the friendly, with Weah receiving a standing ovation when he was ...
FIFA limits anthems to 90 seconds so they can get the World Cup games going quickly. But many national songs FIFA's 90-second anthem rules has unintentionally created some of the most emotional ...
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has admitted that there is a groundswell of popular support to re-hold the 2022 vote won by Qatar. In testimony to a UK parliamentary inquiry board in May 2011, David Triesman, Baron Triesman alleged that Trinidad and Tobago's Jack Warner demanded $4 million for an education centre in his country and Paraguay's ...