Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino is the current FIFA President and a Swiss-Italian football administrator. Infantino was elected President of FIFA during the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress in February 2016. In June 2019, Infantino was re-elected as FIFA President.
Infantino was elected to the International Olympic Committee in January 2020.
What religion is Gianni Infantino?
Gianni Infantino is a Muslim.
Infantino started working with the UEFA in August 2000 and was appointed as the Director of UEFA’s Legal Affairs and Club Licensing Division in January 2004. Infantino was appointed UEFA’s Deputy General Secretary in 2007 and Secretary General in October 2009.
UEFA implemented Financial Fair Play and improved commercial support for smaller national associations during his tenure.
Infantino served on the FIFA Reform Committee. On October 26, 2015, he received approval from the UEFA Executive Committee to run for president at the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress.
Infantino confirmed his candidacy and submitted the necessary declarations of support on the same day.
Infantino promised that the FIFA World Cup would be expanded to forty teams.
