FIFA has appointed top German police and security executive Ralf Mutschke as director of security from June, saying the move was part of its commitment to fight match-fixing in the game.

Mutschke, 52, a senior manager at the German Federal Criminal Police Office BKA and a former Interpol director, will be in charge of a new FIFA security division, football’s world governing body said on Friday.

Mutschke will replace Australian Chris Eaton, who announced his resignation two weeks ago.

The new security division will be responsible “for all security matters related to FIFA competitions across the world, the global security concepts for football in general, security around FIFA headquarters in Zurich, the FIFA president and the FIFA administration, as well as for matters related to the integrity and protection of the game itself,” a FIFA statement said.

Mutschke, who has 33 years of experience in various roles at the BKA, said “the integrity of FIFA competitions” will be his main issue.

“The focus here will be on match-fixing, betting fraud and corruption,” he said.

“The initiatives that FIFA has already launched are good steps in the right direction.

“I will now have to pursue these initiatives stringently but also build upon them and implement them consistently with the involvement of Interpol and national security authorities.

“With this in mind, I will be able to call upon more than 30 years of experience with the BKA in the fight against national and particularly international crime.”

FIFA said it was strengthening its former security department into a full division to tackle issues such as match-fixing.

“This is another major step in our determination to ensure a clean and safe sport and to underline our commitment to the fight against match-fixing in football,” FIFA secretary-general Jerome Valcke said.