Gianni Infantino
| Gianni Infantino | |
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| 9th President of FIFA | |
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Assumed office 26 February 2016 |
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| Senior Vice President | Issa Hayatou |
| Preceded by | Issa Hayatou (acting) |
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| Born |
Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino 23 March 1970 Brig, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss Italian |
| Spouse(s) | Leena Al Ashqar |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | University of Fribourg |
| Occupation | Sports administrator |
Giovanni Vincenzo "Gianni" Infantino (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒovanni vintʃentso iɱfanˈtiːno]; born 23 March 1970) is a football administrator and current FIFA president. He holds dual nationality, Swiss and Italian. He has been the general secretary of UEFA since 2009 and was elected president of FIFA during the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress on 26 February 2016.
Gianni Infantino was born on 23 March 1970 in Brig, Switzerland. He is son of Italian immigrant parents from Calabria and Lombardy. He studied law at the University of Fribourg. He is fluent in Italian, French and German and also knows English, Spanish, and Arabic.
Infantino worked as the Secretary General of the International Center for Sports Studies (CIES) at the University of Neuchâtel.
Gianni Infantino started working with UEFA in August 2000 and was appointed as the Director of UEFA's Legal Affairs and Club Licensing Division in January 2004. He became Deputy General Secretary of UEFA in 2007 and Secretary General of UEFA in October 2009. During his time there, UEFA introduced Financial Fair Play and improved commercial support to smaller national associations. He oversaw the expansion of UEFA Euro 2016 to 24 teams and played a role in the conception of the UEFA Nations League and the UEFA Euro 2020 that will take place in 13 European nations.
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