Jacques Anouma, Ivory Coast’s football Administrator is to run for the Confederation of African Football (Caf) presidency.

This comes after receiving the nomination of his federation for the role.

Anouma, 68, is the second person to be publicly announced for the role ahead of Thursday’s deadline, with reigning Caf President Ahmad having done so late last month.

Ivory Coast’s Football Federation (FIF) announced its support for Anouma, a former member of Fifa’s executive board, on Saturday evening.

“FIF has decided to give its backing to Mr Jacques Anouma for the Caf presidential election of March 2021,” the body said in a statement.

“FIF wishes Mr Anouma full success in this election.”

Election Présidence CAF: La FIF accorde son parrainage à Monsieur Anouma Jacques Bernard Daniel https://t.co/8Pqft46FClésidence-caf-la-fif-accorde-son-parrainage-à-monsieur-anouma-jacques-bernard-daniel via @# pic.twitter.com/6bWnfx3NBe

— FIFCI (@FIFCI_tweet) November 8, 2020

Anouma is an honorary president of the Ivorian federation, which he ran between 2002 and 2011, and was a member of Fifa’s Executive Committee, now the Fifa Council, between 2007 and 2015.

This is the second time he has declared his presidential ambitions, with his previous bid having ended before it began in 2013.

He was one of those alleged to have accepted a $1.5m bribe over Qatar’s successful 2022 World Cup bid. He denied being involved stating that he was not in the country at the time.