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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]
The FIFPRO World 11 are the best association football men's and women's teams of the year. FIFPRO invites all professional men's and women's footballers to compose the teams. Initially known as the FIFPRO World 11, the award began in 2005 and celebrated the best football players as voted by their peers.
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
Gianni Infantino elected to a second term as FIFA president. 70th 2020 Zürich [note 1] 211 71st 2021 Zürich [note 2] 211 72nd 2022 Doha 210 73rd 2023 Kigali: 208 Gianni Infantino elected to a third term as FIFA president. 74th 2024 Bangkok: 211 Brazil selected as the host of the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup. * 2024 Zürich [note 3] 211
The Globe Soccer Awards are awards which acknowledge achievements in football. [2] The event is organized by Globe Soccer and involves participation from international football organizations such as UEFA, [3] [4] UAE Pro League, [4] ECA (European Clubs Association), [3] [4] and EFAA (European Association of Football Agents).
An AI-generated candidate has launched a hypothetical campaign to become president of Fifa in a bid to show that football could be run differently. “Hope Sogni” — created by the sports ...
As President of FIFA, he oversaw the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, which he described as "the best World Cup ever" and for which he accepted Order of Friendship medal given to him by Vladimir Putin. He oversaw the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar during which time he defended or minimized controversies surrounding Qatar's human rights record ...
Directed by Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo, and produced by Sharp and Oscar-winner John Battsek, the docu follows the attempt by musician Bobi Wine to topple the repressive regime of Ugandan ...