Gianni Infantino has been voted in as the New FIFA president and he has vowed to lead soccer's world
governing body out of years of corruption and scandal after being
elected to succeed Sepp Blatter.
Mr Infantino, the current secretary general of UEFA, received 115 out of a possible 207 votes in the second round of voting in Zuric.
According to Infantino, "We will restore the image of FIFA and the respect of FIFA, and everyone in the world will be proud of us," Mr Infantino told the extraordinary FIFA Congress in Zurich in an emotional speech.
"I want to work with all of you together in order to restore and rebuild a new era of FIFA where we can put again football at the centre of the stage.
"FIFA has gone through sad times, moments of crisis, but those times are over.
"We need to implement the reform and implement good governance and transparency. We also need to have respect."
The Swiss-Italian lawyer outpolled three other candidates, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa of Bahrain, Prince Ali al-Hussein of Jordan and Jerome Champagne, a former French diplomat.
Mr Infantino, the current secretary general of UEFA, received 115 out of a possible 207 votes in the second round of voting in Zuric.
According to Infantino, "We will restore the image of FIFA and the respect of FIFA, and everyone in the world will be proud of us," Mr Infantino told the extraordinary FIFA Congress in Zurich in an emotional speech.
"I want to work with all of you together in order to restore and rebuild a new era of FIFA where we can put again football at the centre of the stage.
"FIFA has gone through sad times, moments of crisis, but those times are over.
"We need to implement the reform and implement good governance and transparency. We also need to have respect."
The Swiss-Italian lawyer outpolled three other candidates, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa of Bahrain, Prince Ali al-Hussein of Jordan and Jerome Champagne, a former French diplomat.
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