Kozo Tashima first started playing football after watching the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and since then he has dedicated his life to developing the sport's growth in Japan.- Experienced hand - Tashima returned home determined to use what he had learned in Germany and help develop Japanese football.
Japan's Kozo Tashima has announced his candidacy for Fifa's upcoming presidential election.
Kozo Tashima, the honorary president of the Japanese Football Association (JFA), will challenge Gianni Infantino for the FIFA presidency, according to reports. Infantino’s position appeared under threat after a dropped plan for private investment in the World Cup caused consternation, but he has rallied and now looks to be in a strong position to win a fourth term at FIFA Congress in Morocco next year.
Honorary Japanese football president Kohzo Tashima is set to challenge Gianni Infantino for the Fifa presidency, with growing opposition emerging to the Swiss-Italian ahead of next year's election.
Kohzo Tashima intends to run for FIFA president against Gianni Infantino, according to Japanese media
Tashima says he brings ‘honest, sound, upright attitude’ ‘What Fifa needs now are these values,’ he adds The Japan Football Association president, Kozo Tashima, has said he will run for the Fifa presidency in March. Gianni Infantino, who is seeking re-election, has faced opposition since his failed move in July to bring private investors into a new Fifa commercial entity holding rights linked to competitions including the World Cup. Continue reading...
TOKYO (AP) — FIFA Council member Kohzo Tashima intends to run for president of the global soccer body against incumbent Gianni Infantino, Japanese media reported Thursday after a meeting of the national soccer federation.Tashima is the first serious rival to Infantino to emerge since the FIFA leader provoked a furor in global soccer in July with a plan to sell stakes in future World Cup profits to private investors.
