Elkhan Mammadov, director of FIFA's European National Associations Department, has been appointed to a new position.

Offsideplus.az reports with reference to the institution's press service that he will hold the post of Director of General Member Associations at FIFA.

Mammadov will replace Kenny Jean-Marin in this post. The former executive vice-president of AFFA will be the former midfielder of the Swiss national team, Jelson Fernandes.