Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino is the current FIFA President and a Swiss-Italian football administrator.
Infantino was born in Brig, Switzerland on March 23, 1970. Giovanni was born in Calabria and Lombardy to Italian immigrants.
Does Gianni Infantino have a degree?
Gianni Infantino studied law at the University of Fribourg.
Where did Gianni Infantino go to school?
Gianni Infantion attended the University of Fribourg.
Infantino criticized the United States’ travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries in 2017. Infantino said “When it comes to FIFA competitions, any team that qualifies for a World Cup, including its supporters and officials, must have access to the country; otherwise, there will be no World Cup. That is obvious.”
Women have been barred from entering stadiums in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Infantino repeatedly warned the Iranian Football Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran authorities about the rights of Iranian women. Sahar Khodayari self-immolated on September 8, 2019, after being arrested for attempting to enter a stadium.
