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Japan FA’s Kozo Tashima to stand against Infantino for Fifa presidency

November 5, 2026 at 10:48 AM

Tashima says he brings ‘honest, sound, upright attitude’
He is understood to have acted with the blessing of Uefa

The Japan Football Association’s honorary president, Kozo Tashima, ⁠has announced his intention to stand against Gianni Infantino in March’s Fifa presidential election.

Tashima is the second challenger to declare in advance of the 18 November deadline after the former Tottenham defender Ramon Vega, although it remains unclear whether Vega has the backing of five of Fifa’s 211 member associations, which is required to take a place on the ballot in Rabat.

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