Gianni Infantino is FIFA's ninth president after being
elected at the world governing body's extraordinary congress in Zurich on
Friday.
Gianni Infantino is FIFA's ninth president after
being elected at the world governing body's extraordinary congress in Zurich on
Friday.
The FIFA presidential election entered a second
round of voting for the first time in 42 years after Infantino of Switzerland
secured more backing than pre vote favourite Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al
Khalifa of Bahrain in the first round, when a two thirds majority was required
to win. A simple majority of more than 50 per cent of 104 votes was sufficient
for victory in the second round.
And Infantino secured 115 votes to Sheikh Salman's
88 to become the second successive Swiss president, after Sepp Blatter.
The 45-year-old lawyer is from Brig in the Valais
region of Switzerland, less than six miles from Blatter's hometown of Visp.
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