With an off-pitch political storm raging back home in Argentina, Claudio ‘Chiqui’ Tapia spent the week in Doha projecting composure on football’s global stage.
With accusations and investigations dominating the headlines back home, the head of Argentine Football Association (AFA) flew halfway across the world to appear alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino and CONMEBOL regional football chief Alejandro Domínguez, highlighting his continued backing from the sport’s most powerful officials.
Tapia was in the Qatari capital for FIFA business, formally taking up his role as chair of the organisation’s Laws of the Game Committee, one of its most influential bodies.
The appointment, confirmed last October, places him at the centre of decisions on football’s rulebook and underlines his close ties to FIFA’s top leadership, a relationship he publicly highlighted with
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