FIFA President Gianni Infantino has been in the news because he criticized western media for discriminating against Qatar World Cup, know his salary and net worth
A day before the World Cup started, Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, made headlines by accusing Western media and commentators of imposing “double standards” in their criticism of FIFA for holding the World Cup in Qatar.
Know Who Is Gianni Infantino FIFA President, His Salary, Net Worth And Nationality
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The FIFA president, after outlining the issues facing Qatar, added,
What we Europeans have been doing for the past 3,000 years we should be apologising for the next 3,000 years before we start giving moral lessons to people.
He added,
Today I feel Qatari, today I feel Arab. Today I feel African. Today I feel gay. Today I feel a migrant worker.
He also discussed the prejudice he had experienced as an Italian immigrant to Switzerland.
Since then, he has become a hot topic of discussion with many people trying to find out more about him. So, letโs find out everything about him:
Who Is Gianni Infantino?
Gianni Infantino is a well-known Swiss-Italian football administrator and has been well-known for being the current president of FIFA. He has been in the news because he recently criticized western media for discriminating against the Qatar World Cup.
His full name isย Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino. He was born in Brig, Switzerland, on March 23, 1970. His parents are Italian immigrants from Lombardy and Calabria. He holds both Swiss and Italian citizenship.
Gianni Infantino attended the University of Fribourg to study law. He speaks English, Portuguese, Arabic, Italian, Spanish, French, and German with ease.
He was married to Leena Al Ashqar, a Lebanese woman. They have four kids together.
He is currently 52 years old.
His Career
In August 2000, Gianni Infantino began his job with UEFA. He was named Director of the Legal Affairs and Club Licensing Division of UEFA four years later. He was appointed the UEFA’s deputy general secretary in 2007 and the organization’s secretary general in 2009.
During the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress, which took place in February 2016, he was chosen to serve as FIFA President. In June 2019, he was chosen to serve as FIFA President once more. He was chosen to be a member of the International Olympic Committee in January 2020.
The gross salary awarded by FIFA to its President Gianni Infantino rose to more than $3.2 million (ยฃ2.4 million/โฌ2.66 million) in 2019 with his net worth at $10 million.