“And we will restore the image of FIFA and the respect of FIFA and everyone in the world will applaud us”, this were the words of Gianni Infantino as he became the new FIFA President on Friday the 26th of March, 2016.
The 45-year-old Swiss-Italian general secretary of UEFA got 115 votes in the second round of the election held at the FIFA Congress while the Asian Football Confederation president got 88, this will make him leader of over the 209-member of FIFA.
It must be recalled that Blatter was banned from football for six years and US and Swiss authorities have launched major corruption investigations into FIFA and other football federations.
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