The President of Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, has backed the fourth-term re-election bid of Gianni Infantino as President of FIFA
The development was disclosed in a statement posted on the CAF official website on Thursday.
According to the statement, the CAF President made the declaration while holding a meeting on Wednesday, 29 April 2026, in Vancouver, Canada, on the eve of the 76 FIFA Congress with the 54 CAF Member Associations.
The statement revealed that the CAF Member Associations agreed to support the re-election of Infantino for the period 2027-2031.
The statement reads, “CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe held a meeting on Wednesday, 29 April 2026, in Vancouver, Canada, on the eve of the 76 FIFA Congress with the 54 CAF Member Associations.
“The CAF Member Associations unanimously agreed to support Gianni Infantino to be re-elected as President of FIFA for the period 2027-2031.”
Infantino, who took charge of FIFA in February 2016 following the departure of Sepp Blatter, is currently serving a four-year term that runs until 2027 after standing unopposed in the last election.
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