Some people do not think a black woman should lead Fifa, says Fatma Samoura – the first female secretary general of football’s world governing body.
Samoura, 55, replaced Jerome Valcke in May 2016 after he was found guilty of misconduct and banned from football-related activity for 12 years.
Speaking to the BBC as part of the 100 Women project, she said: “There are people who don’t think that a black woman should be leading the administration of Fifa. It’s sometimes as simple as that.