FIFA: Gianni Infantino, sole candidate at the elective congress in Kigali (Rwanda) on 16/03/2023

Gianni Infantino, FIFA president since 26/02/2016 and re-elected for four years on 05/06/2019, will be the sole candidate in the election for the presidency of the International Federation for the 2023-2027 cycle, which will take place in Kigali (Rwanda) at the 73^rd Congress on Thursday 16/03/2023. The Italian-Swiss is the only one to have submitted his candidature by the deadline of 16/11/2022, i.e. four months before the election (article 27, paragraph 1 of the FIFA Statutes).

FIFA has generated record revenues of $7.6bn (€7.1bn as of 31/12/2022) over the 2019-2022 cycle, of which 70% ($5.3bn/€5bn, also a record) has been reinvested in "football development across the globe," announced the international federation as the FIFA Council approved the 2022 Annual Report on 14/02/2023.

"FIFA's unprecedented investment in football is the result of our solid financial transparency and stands as a concrete example of how we are aiming to make football truly global. The resounding success of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar has been key to the organisation's ability to fulfil its mission in…