Sepp Blatter has resigned as president of FIFA as a mounting corruption scandal engulfed world football's governing body. The 79-year-old Blatter said, a special congress would be called as soon as possible to elect a successor. Blatter, who was reelected as FIFA president on Friday, said that the scandal-tainted FIFA needs profound reconstruction and that he has thoroughly reconsidered his presidency since his reelection. Blatter, who was FIFA president for 17 years, added that the vote does not seem to be supported by everybody in the world of football. His resignation came less than a week after Swiss police arrested seven FIFA officials, including two vice presidents, at a Zurich hotel. The arrests were carried out on behalf of US prosecutors who accuse the seven, and eight other suspects, of involvement in 150 million dollars of bribes.