Joseph Blatter, the eighth FIFA president (elected on 08/06/1998, suspended on 08/10/2015)

News Tank Football - Paris - Article #63002 - Published on

The FIFA presidential elections in Zurich (SUI), on 26/02/2016, are the first vote which will not feature Joseph Blatter as a candidate since 1998. Born on 10/03/1936, the Swiss was re-elected as FIFA president for four years (2015-2019), following the withdrawal of Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein (Jordan) at the conclusion of the first round of...


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