▁bet ting , ▁L ' Or éal ▁hair ▁products ▁and ▁Ren ault ▁cars . ▁ ▁G in ola ▁has ▁featured ▁in ▁E A ▁Sports ' ▁FIFA ▁video ▁game ▁series ; ▁he ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁cover ▁for ▁the ▁International ▁edition ▁of ▁FIFA ▁ 9 7 . ▁ ▁G in ola ▁was ▁an ▁amb assador ▁for ▁the ▁Paris ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁Olympic ▁bid ▁and ▁was ▁also ▁an ▁amb assador ▁for ▁the ▁French ▁G olf ▁Federation ▁in ▁their ▁successful ▁bid ▁to ▁stage ▁the ▁Ry der ▁Cup ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁in ▁France . ▁ ▁G in ola ▁campaign ed ▁world wide ▁for ▁the ▁English ▁FA ▁bid ▁to ▁host ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁FIFA ▁World ▁Cup . ▁ ▁More ▁important ly ▁he ▁is ▁a ▁campaign er ▁for ▁the ▁Red ▁Cross ▁Anti - Land mine ▁campaign ▁and ▁Un es co ▁and ▁was ▁respectively ▁patron ▁and ▁president ▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁based ▁V ision ▁and ▁S par ks ▁char ities . ▁ ▁FIFA ▁Pres iden cy ▁candidate ▁On ▁ 1 6 ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 5 , ▁G in ola ▁announced ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁running ▁for ▁the ▁presiden cy ▁of ▁FIFA ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁paid ▁a ▁£ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁fee ▁by ▁the ▁Irish ▁book maker ▁P addy ▁Power . ▁He ▁would ▁attempt ▁to ▁raise ▁£ 2 . 3 ▁million ▁to ▁fund ▁the ▁campaign ▁for ▁the ▁FIFA ▁presiden cy ▁through ▁contributions ▁via ▁a ▁crow df und ing ▁program . ▁He ▁started ▁his ▁campaign ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁day ▁by