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Valcke was dismissed from FIFA on the 13th of January 2016 following investigations into allegations including selling World Cup tickets above face value, misuse of expenses, and other violations of FIFA's rules. The FIFA Ethics Committee banned him from all football until 2028 and fined him 100,000 Swiss francs.
Valcke worked as a journalist at the French television company Canal+, serving as deputy chief of sport from 1991 to 1997. He then became chief executive officer at Sport+ before joining FIFA in Zurich in the summer of 2003 as Director of Marketing and TV.
A New York court found on the 7th of December 2006 that Valcke had lied by negotiating sponsor agreements with Visa while FIFA was still bound by a partnership agreement with MasterCard. FIFA was fined USD $60 million as a result, and Valcke was released from his marketing director role on the 12th of December 2006. FIFA later settled with both companies for US $90 million.
Valcke was initially banned by the FIFA Ethics Committee until 2028. His ban was later extended on the 24th of March 2021 by six years, moving the expiry to 2031. His appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport was dismissed on the 27th of July 2018.
Valcke served as FIFA's Secretary General, the second most senior position at the organization, from the 27th of June 2007 until he was placed on leave on the 17th of September 2015. He was the first person since 1956 to hold the role without having been born in Switzerland, succeeding Urs Linsi.
The Swiss Federal Court began prosecuting Valcke on the 14th of September 2020 over an alleged meeting on the 24th of October 2013 at the French headquarters of beIN. The charges related to an alleged promise of a villa in Porto Cervo, Sardinia worth 5 million euros in exchange for granting beIN Media World Cup screening rights for 2026 and 2030. Valcke was also accused of accepting $1.5 million in bribes from Greek businessman Dinos Deris.