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Figo calls on re-elected Blatter to resign after 'dark day' for football

Sepp Blatter won a fifth term as FIFA president on Friday, but former candidate Luis Figo has already led the calls for his resignation.

Luis Figo has described Sepp Blatter's re-election as FIFA president as a "dark day" for football, and called on him to resign if he truly cares about the sport.

"It was another dark day in Zurich," Figo posted in a statement on Facebook. "FIFA has lost, but above everything, football has lost and everyone who truly cares about it has lost too."

Blatter was handed a fifth term as head of the world governing body when sole challenger Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein withdrew before the second round of voting at the FIFA Congress in Zurich on Friday.