Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has been appointed as the new director of international football since his departure from Arsenal in 2018.
FIFA has posted a picture of Swiss President Jani Infantino shaking hands with the 70-year-old veteran coach, saying it was taken while "welcoming" him at the federation's headquarters in Zurich.
Wenger will be primarily responsible for "overseeing and driving the growth and development of the game among men and women around the world, and will also lead the authority in technical matters" by taking over duties in the Football Committee and Technical Advisory Board of the Board of the Football Association to assess and conduct Possible amendments to the rules of the game, and the chairmanship of the technical study group of the Federation which has been "conducting technical analysis of FIFA competitions since 1996".
Wenger, who has had a training career spanning more than three decades, is focused on training coaches and contributing to a program still in the running of FIFA, which aims to "encourage former professional players to enter the world of training, and will help them in the process "Moving in their careers (from playing to training) and reducing the gap between training and technical positions in football."
"Arsenal's deep knowledge and passion for different aspects of our game distinguishes him as one of the most respected figures in football. I am delighted to welcome him to our team," said Infantino.
"This is a very important challenge, not only because I have always been interested in analyzing football from a more comprehensive point of view, but also because FIFA's mission as the governing body is truly global," Wenger said.
Wenger has recently been named as a possible candidate to succeed Niko Kovac at the helm of Bayern Munich's seven-season Bundesliga club after the Croatian was relieved of his job on the back of poor results. But it was a form of orbit that was received between him and the management of the Bavarian club, as the latter said it had rejected his application for the post, while the French certainly responded that the club initiated the contact, and that his response was to express a need to think about it.
Wenger's career spanned more than three decades, most of it with Arsenal, which he oversaw from 1996 to 2018.He has had major successes, including three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups.