BANGKOK, 15th May, 2024 (WAM) -- The FIFA Council formally appointed Mattias Grafström as the football governing body's Secretary-General, DPA quoted FIFA as saying on Wednesday.
Sweden's Grafström has had the job on an interim basis since October 2023, when Fatma Samoura stepped down. He is a close confidant of FIFA president Gianni Infantino and was previously deputy secretary-general.
"I am humbled and deeply honoured to have been appointed FIFA secretary-general," Grafström said.
"Football is my passion since I was born. I started playing it as a child and worked in football all my life at all different levels. There are, therefore, no words to express my feelings as I accept with pride and with a great sense of responsibility, the biggest challenge of my professional life," he added.