Markus Kattner

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| name = Markus Kattner

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| office = Secretary-General of FIFA (acting)

| term_start = 17 September 2015

| term_end = 23 May 2016

| predecessor = Jérôme Valcke

| successor = Fatma Samoura

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1970|9|24}}

| birth_place = Bayreuth, West Germany

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| nationality = German-Swiss

| occupation = Business consultant
Football administrator

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Markus Kattner (born 24 September 1970 in Bayreuth, West Germany) is a German-Swiss business consultant and former association football executive.{{cite news|last1=Dunbar|first1=Graham|title=FIFA fires finance director Kattner over bonus payments|url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/723efd04a68a41b0b8182f4bce31fb11/fifa-fires-deputy-secretary-general-markus-kattner|accessdate=24 May 2016|agency=Associated Press|date=23 May 2016|quote=Kattner joined FIFA as director of finance in 2003 from the McKinsey consultancy firm, where he worked with the former FIFA president's nephew, Philippe Blatter, on a project advising the soccer body.}} He served as acting Secretary-General of FIFA from September 2015 to May 2016, but was dismissed without notice after being accused of paying himself bonuses worth millions of US Dollars during a previous stint as FIFA's director of Finance.{{cite news|last1=Harding|first1=Luke|title=Blatter, Valcke and Kattner awarded themselves £55m, say Fifa lawyers|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/03/blatter-valcke-and-kattner-awarded-themselves-55m-in-bonuses-say-fifa-lawyers|accessdate=5 June 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|date=3 June 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Critchley|first1=Mark|title=Fifa corruption: Sepp Blatter, Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner 'profited by more than £55m' through wrongdoing|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/fifa-corruption-sepp-blatter-jerome-vlacke-and-markus-kattner-profited-by-55m-through-wrongdoing-a7063881.html|accessdate=5 June 2016|newspaper=The Independent|date=3 June 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Conway|first1=Richard|title=Fifa scandal: Markus Kattner sacked over bonus payments|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36364768|accessdate=24 May 2016|publisher=BBC Sport|date=23 May 2016}} Markus Kattner has begun legal proceedings against FIFA before the competent court in Zurich as he believes his dismissal to be unjustified.{{Cite news|url=http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2016/09/28/fifas-personnel-purge-backfiring-kattner-sue-fifa-unfair-dismissal/|title=Is FIFA's personnel purge backfiring? Kattner to sue FIFA for unfair dismissal - Inside World Football|date=2016-09-28|work=Inside World Football|access-date=2017-11-22|language=en-GB}} The Zurich High Court ruled in Markus Kattner's favour and decided in its ruling of 4 October 2022 that his dismissal without notice was unjustified.{{Cite news |last=Felber |first=Tom |date=2023-01-17 |title=Obergericht urteilt über Entlassung Fifa-Generalsekretär Kattner |url=https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/obergericht-urteilt-ueber-entlassung-fifa-generalsekretaer-kattner-ld.1721623 |access-date=2024-01-16 |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |language=de-CH |issn=0376-6829}} In his complaint, Kattner claimed that "the reasons for his dismissal were pretextual and inaccurate".{{Cite web |date=2023-01-17 |title=Zürcher Obergericht – Entlassener Finanzchef: Fifa soll zehn Millionen zahlen |url=https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/entlassener-finanzchef-fifa-soll-zehn-millionen-zahlen-696510351835 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Tages-Anzeiger |language=de}}