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2026-11-08 · Aljazeera

Infantino’s Japanese challenger claims he could unseat FIFA president

The latest challenger to FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s re-election bid, Kozo Tashima, believes he has a 20 to 30 percent chance of winning the coveted seat in global football. Tashima, the honorary president of the Japan Football Association (JFA), said governance is FIFA’s biggest problem as he outlined his platform for next year’s presidential election on Sunday. “I’ve received many messages saying, ‘Thank you for speaking out’…,” Tashima told Japanese daily Sports Nippon. Tashima announced on Thursday that he intended to run in the March election , becoming the first Japanese candidate to seek world football’s top job.

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