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South America soccer supports Infantino’s reelection at FIFA

South America soccer supports Infantino’s reelection at FIFA
CONMEBOL President Paraguayan Alejandro Dominguez, FIFA President Gianni Infantino (C), and Paraguayan Football Association President Robert Harrison pose for a photo at Paraguayan Football High-Performance Center in Paraguay on Tuesday. (AFP)
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Updated 12 October 2022

South America soccer supports Infantino’s reelection at FIFA

South America soccer supports Infantino’s reelection at FIFA
  • Infantino will seek re-election at the FIFA congress in Kigali, Rwanda, in March

BUENOS AIRES: The 10 national soccer associations that form the South American confederation CONMEBOL having given their backing to Gianni Infantino’s bid for re-election as FIFA president.
“After a conversation about the current reality and the future scenario for South American and global soccer, the associated members to CONMEBOL gave their unanimous support to Infantino,” CONMEBOL said in a statement Tuesday.
Infantino took part in a CONMEBOL council meeting in Paraguay which was attended by the leaders of the 10 associations. He will seek re-election at the FIFA congress in Kigali, Rwanda, in March.
South American support for Infantino is a sign that both sides have moved past any fallout from CONMEBOL’s rejection of the FIFA president’s suggestion for a biennial World Cup.