The 56-year-old Swiss had his ban for a series of ethics breaches reduced from 12 years to 10 by the FIFA Appeals Committee last July.

Valcke, appointed as former FIFA President Sepp Blatter's number two in 2007 and sacked in January of last year, was banned after he was found to be in breach of several ethics regulations, including offering and accepting gifts and other benefits, conflicts of interest and confidentiality.

He had allegedly attempted to grant the television and marketing rights in the Caribbean for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, due to be held in Russia and Qatar respectively, to a third party for well below their value.

Other allegations levelled at the Frenchman included that he "deliberately tried to obstruct the ongoing proceedings against him by attempting to delete or deleting several files and folders relevant to the investigation".

He was also allegedly involved in selling World Cup tickets for five times their face value and abused his expenses by travelling "purely for sightseeing reasons".

"Jérôme Valcke seeks to have the challenged decision set aside in order for the sanction imposed on him to be lifted definitively," said a CAS statement.

"A CAS arbitration procedure is in progress."

The CAS statement added: "First, the parties will exchange written submissions and a panel of three arbitrators will be constituted.

"The panel will then issue directions with respect to the holding of a hearing.

"Following the hearing, the panel will deliberate and at a later date, it will issue a decision in the form of an arbitral award."

It was then announced in September that the Investigatory Chamber of FIFA's Ethics Committee opened formal proceedings against Blatter, ex-secretary general Jérôme Valcke and Markus Kattner for their involvement in an illicit bonus and pay rise scheme during their time in office,

The trio was also allegedly involved in a bonus scheme in which they had awarded themselves a combined total of $80 million (£61 million/€72 million) in pay rises and tournament-related bonuses over a five-year period.

According to information from FIFA's law firm Quinn Emanuel, Blatter, Valcke and Kattner gave themselves a combined CHF23 million (£18 million/$24 million/€21 million) in December 2010 following the World Cup in South Africa that year, which was approved "apparently without an underlying contract provision stipulating such bonuses".

The information from FIFA's law firm also showed Valcke and Kattner were awarded a combined CHF14.4 million (£11.3 million/$14.8 million/€13.2 million) following the 2014 edition of the tournament in Brazil.

Kattner was sacked in May of last year for financial irregularities, while Blatter is currently serving a six-year ban after he was unsuccessful in his appeal in December.