The Frenchman, whose job was to ensure the smooth running of Fifa and in particular its flagship World Cup tournament, was right-hand man to now banned president Sepp Blatter before both were embroiled in a corruption scandal which swept soccer's governing body in 2015.
In a separate development, former Fifa executive committee member Amos Adamu was banned for two years for ethics violations committed in 2010 - the second time the Nigerian official has been suspended.
Valcke was found guilty by Fifa ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert of misconduct over the sale of World Cup tickets, abuse of travel expenses, attempting to sell TV rights below their market value and destruction of evidence.
