FIFA President Gianni Infantino will stand unopposed for a 3rd time period as head of world soccer’s governing physique subsequent yr, FIFA confirmed on Thursday. A short assertion from FIFA stated that Infantino can be the one candidate when the election takes place on the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda on March 16.

“No other candidature has been submitted,” the assertion stated.

Infantino’s third time period follows within the line of earlier FIFA presidents — Joao Havelange was in cost from 1974 to 1998 and Infantino’s predecessor Sepp Blatter held workplace from 1998 to 2015.

Infantino was elected in 2016 promising to “restore FIFA’s image” after the federation was suffering from scandal within the closing years of Blatter’s time in cost.

The German Football Federation (DFB) stated on Wednesday it might not assist Infantino’s re-election.

DFB president Bernd Neuendorf stated he had hoped Infantino would present “deeper consideration for human rights and more commitment to humanitarian issues”.

Neuendorf has been a powerful supporter of calls from rights teams for FIFA to arrange a compensation fund for migrant employees who construct the World Cup stadiums.

Infantino can level to the expansion in FIFA’s turnover throughout his time in cost — the governing physique is forecasting turnover of $7 billion for the four-year cycle until 2022.

But lots of his proposals for the reform of membership soccer, together with a plan to develop the Club World Cup to 24 groups, have acquired a lukewarm reception.

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