Abstract: A fuel injector (1), in particular for direct injection of fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine, having a valve-closure member (4) which, together with a valve-seat surface (6) constructed on a valve-seat member (5), forms a sealing seat, and having a swirl disk (34) having fuel passages (35), the swirl disk (34) being constructed from a plurality of swirl elements (36), each of the swirl elements having the same number of fuel passages (35). The swirl elements (36) are offset with respect to one another in such a way that the fuel passages (35) at least partially overlap.