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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]
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 ...
The Globe Soccer Awards are awards which acknowledge achievements in football. [2] It 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) in an annual event held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
On 31 March 2022, during the 72nd FIFA Congress in Doha, incumbent FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced his candidacy for a third term. [2] After the deadline on 18 November 2022, he was the only candidate, thus he won the election by acclamation .
The All-Star Team is a team of the best performers at the respective World Cup finals. Since 1994, FIFA decided to add official best squads, chosen by its Technical Study Group under the brand name MasterCard All-Star Team. [115] For 1998, 2002 and 2006, substitute and reserve members were also nominated for full squads.
Vinícius was named the men’s player of the year at the FIFA’s “The Best” awards, where Barcelona playmaker Aitana Bonmati continued to clean up in the prizes for women’s soccer.
The members of FIFA can propose candidates for the World Cup Host and Presidency of FIFA. The FIFA Presidential Election, FIFA World Cup Host country election takes place at the congress in the year following the FIFA World Cup and FIFA Women's World Cup Host country election takes place at the congress in the year following the FIFA Women's ...
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 ...