FIFA presidency: Former Trinidad and Tobago international David Nakhid enters the race

Candidate: David Nakhid will stand for the FIFA presidency

Former Trinidad and Tobago international David Nakhid has entered the race to become the new FIFA president.
Incumbent Sepp Blatter has vowed to step down in 2016 following the corruption scandal that engulfed the organisation earlier this summer.
A number of former players including Zico and current UEFA president Michel Platini have already vowed to stand, and now the lesser-known Nakhid has also joined the race.
"I have put my hat in the ring and we are looking forward to the challenge," he said on Wednesday.

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1998: Nakhid playing for the New England Revolution

Nakhid, whose former clubs include Malmo, PAOK and Grasshopper, insisted he wants to take FIFA's focus away from Europe and help football grow in the Caribbean.
"There's a vacuum in leadership with respect to Caribbean football," he said in a recent interview. "What we need to do is make a serious investment in our potential by bringing the correct leadership regionally and globally to take the Caribbean forward.
"We need to shift the paradigm, shift FIFA away from that Euro-centric look and bring the Caribbean at the table."