Infantino waved in for second term as FIFA president

AFP  |  Paris 

was re-elected Wednesday by acclamation for a second term as at the of world football's governing body in

The 49 year-old, who took charge of in February 2016 after the departure of the disgraced Sepp Blatter, stood unopposed for a new four-year term which will run until 2023.

Earlier, had insisted that had been transformed into an organisation "synonymous with credibility" as he addressed representatives of the 211 member federations, before the Women's begins in the French capital on Friday.

"Today nobody talks about crises, nobody talks about rebuilding FIFA from scratch, nobody talks about scandals, nobody talks about corruption, we talk about football," insisted the Swiss-Italian lawyer, formerly of

"The very least we can say is that we have turned the situation around.

"In three years and four months, this organisation went from being toxic, almost criminal, to being what it should be, an organisation that develops football, an organisation that cares about football.

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First Published: Wed, June 05 2019. 15:45 IST