FIFA Fires Deputy General Secretary Kattner

FIFA Fires Deputy General Secretary Kattner

Markus Kattner born 24 September 1970 in Bayreuth, West Germany is a German-Swiss business consultant and former association football executive. He served as acting Secretary-General of FIFA from September 2015 to May 2016, but was sacked after being accused of paying himself bonuses worth millions of US Dollars during a previous stint as FIFA's director of Finance

FIFA Monday sacked deputy general secretary Markus Kattner for financial ‘breaches’ linked to his job.

Kattner had been acting general secretary after previous general secretary Jerome Valcke was also dismissed for irregularities.

“Kattner has been dismissed from his position effective immediately,” the world body said in a statement.



“FIFA’s internal investigation uncovered breaches of his fiduciary responsibilities in connection with his employment.”

FIFA said it would not comment further but “will continue its cooperation with the relevant authorities.” Kattner, a German, had also been FIFA’s longstanding financial director.

The world body named Fatma Samoura as its new general secretary at a congress this month.