KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation, which concluded the 29th AFC Congress in the capital city of Malaysia on Saturday, elected AIFF president Praful Patel as one of Asia’s six representatives who will serve on the FIFA council for the next four-year term (2019-2023).
In what is a landmark development for Indian football, Patel, who got 38 out of the 46 votes ballotted, becomes the first Indian to enter the prestigious council.