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Gianni Infantino will run football\u2019s world governing body FIFA for four more years after being elected for a second term as president by acclamation in Paris on Wednesday.<\/p>\nGianni Infantino will run football\u2019s world governing body FIFA for four more years after being elected for a second term as president by acclamation in Paris on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The 49-year-old Swiss-Italian was the only candidate, so his election was never in doubt, and the traditional vote was replaced with a round of applause at FIFA\u2019s 69th Congress.<\/p>\n
In his closing speech, an emotional Infantino thanked the delegates from FIFA\u2019s 211 member associations for their support and promised he would \u201cnot stand still\u201d but would continue to develop the game and \u201cdefend football\u201d.<\/p>\n
His priorities would be the creation of more youth competitions, a continued push on women\u2019s football, more investment in technology and the organisation of a \u201cworld convention on football development\u201d.<\/p>\n
Infantino used his opening speech, however, to list his achievements since taking over at an extraordinary congress in February 2016.<\/p>\n
That was when he was given the task of restoring FIFA\u2019s reputation after the corruption scandals of 2015 that brought down his predecessor Sepp Blatter and a generation of football administrators with far higher profiles than his own.<\/p>\n
Reflecting on how far FIFA has come in three years and four months, Infantino said: \u201cToday nobody is talking about crisis, nobody is talking about rebuilding from scratch, nobody is talking about corruption.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have turned things around. FIFA has gone from being toxic, almost criminal, to what it should be, an organisation that develops and cares about football.\u201d<\/p>\n