David Martin (born 22 June 1953), is a Northern Irish football official who is currently a member of the

FIFA Council The FIFA Council (formerly the FIFA Executive Committee) is an institution of FIFA (the governing body of association football, futsal and beach football). It is the main decision-making body of the organization in the intervals of FIFA Congress. ...

elected since 2021. He previously ran for the FIFA Council in 2019, only defeated by

Greg Clarke Gregory Allison Clarke (born 27 October 1957) is an English businessman and football administrator, who was chairman of The Football Association from 4 September 2016. He resigned on 10 November 2020 after making offensive comments while talkin ...

. After Clarke's resignation, in April 2021, he was elected to the FIFA Council, receiving 48 of 55. He is also currently the president of the

Irish Football Association The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the governing body for association football in Northern Ireland. It organised the Ireland national football team from 1880 to 1950, which after 1954, became the Northern Ireland national football team. ...

, since 2016.

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