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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf football administrator
human
sports executive
citizenship Italy
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
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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FIFA President officeHolder Gianni Infantino
Sepp Blatter succeededBy Gianni Infantino