Gianni Infantino
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Gianni Infantino is a Swiss-Italian football administrator who serves as the president of FIFA, the global governing body of soccer.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
football administrator
ⓘ
human ⓘ sports executive ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Italy
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Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1970-03-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfNotableEvent:elected FIFA president | 2016-02-26 ⓘ |
| education | University of Fribourg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electedAs | FIFA president NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
FIFA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UEFA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTimeOfPosition:UEFA General Secretary | 2016 ⓘ |
| familyName | Infantino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | law ⓘ |
| fullName | Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Giovanni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| IOCMembershipStart | 2019 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
expansion of the FIFA World Cup to 48 teams
ⓘ
leadership of FIFA after corruption scandals ⓘ promotion of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| memberOf | International Olympic Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationalityDescription | Swiss-Italian ⓘ |
| notableEvent | elected FIFA president at Extraordinary Congress in Zurich ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
football administrator
ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brig-Glis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | President of FIFA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Sepp Blatter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousPosition | UEFA General Secretary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reElected |
2019-06
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2023-03 ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Zurich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | association football ⓘ |
| startTime | 2016-02-26 ⓘ |
| startTimeOfPosition:UEFA General Secretary | 2009 ⓘ |
| supportedProject | expanded FIFA Club World Cup ⓘ |
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