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Europe's Gianni Infantino on Friday won the presidency of FIFA with a convincing win over Asian rival Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and vowed to lead the scandal tainted body into a new era.
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.
Truly humbled by today's decision. Let's bring FIFA forward together.Infantino takes over the 209-member, multi-billion dollar body from Sepp Blatter with world football's image at an all-time low.
- Gianni Infantino (@Gianni_2016) February 26, 2016
Who is Gianni Infantino: - Swiss-Italian lawyer - Infantino joined UEFA in 2000 to take charge of its legal and commercial affairs and gradually rose through the ranks. - Became UEFA general secretary in 2009 Infantino was born in Brigue, less than 10 kilometres (six miles) from Viege, the home village of Sepp Blatter, the man he has now replaced as FIFA president. - He is multilingual, speaking English, German, French, Spanish and Italian. - He has Swiss and Italian nationality and is an Inter Milan supporter. |
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