FIFA's legal head García leaves as Infantino faces intense presidential reelection campaign

Houston Chronicle · GRAHAM DUNBAR · 2026-11-06 16:11 UTC

FIFA’s top lawyer is leaving the soccer body after eight years working for its president Gianni Infantino and a men’s World Cup in North America with intense scrutiny on disciplinary rulings. FIFA...

GENEVA (AP) — FIFA’s top lawyer left the soccer body Friday after eight years working for its president Gianni Infantino and a men’s World Cup in North America with intense scrutiny on disciplinary rulings.

“Emilio García Silvero has expressed his wish to embark on a new chapter in his career and return to Spain after 15 years of working abroad in the service of international football,” FIFA said in a statement.

As head of FIFA’s legal and compliance unit, García oversaw tournament disciplinary cases, transfer market rules and contractual disputes worldwide, and steered moving the soccer body’s lawyers from Zurich to Miami in 2023.

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