Giovanni Infantino Net Worth

Net Worth:	$20 Million
Date of Birth:	March 23, 1970 (54 years old)
Gender:	Male
Profession:	Athlete, FIFA President
Nationality:	Swiss-Italian

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What is Giovanni Infantino’s Net Worth?

Giovanni Infantino is an Italian-Swiss football administrator and the current FIFA President who has a net worth of $20 million. At the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress, he was chosen to serve as FIFA President. In June 2019, he was re-elected to serve as FIFA President. He was appointed as one of the members of the International Olympic Committee in January 2020.

Early Life and Career Beginning

Giovanni Vincenzo Infantino was born on 23 March 1970 in Brig, Switzerland. He attended the University of Fribourg where he studied law.

He is a polyglot and speaks Italian, Spanish, French, German, English, Portuguese and Arabic proficiently.

At the University of Neuchâtel, Infantino held the position of Secretary General of the International Center for Sports Studies (CIES).

UEFA

Giovanni Infantino joined UEFA in August 2000 and was named the organization’s Director of Legal Affairs and Club Licensing in January 2004. In 2007 he was appointed UEFA’s deputy general secretary, and in October 2009 he was named UEFA’s secretary general.

He spearheaded the introduction of Financial Fair Play and boosted commercial support for smaller national associations at UEFA.

He managed the addition of 24 teams to the UEFA Euro 2016 and was involved in the creation of the UEFA Nations League and the UEFA Euro 2020.

In response to the recent controversy and acts of violence and corruption, particularly in Greek football, the Greek government decided to create a new sports law in 2015. Gianni Infantino, who serves as UEFA’s general secretary, oversaw the negotiations with the Greek government and backed the HFF’s threat to suspend Greece from international competition due to political meddling.

FIFA

Giovanni Infantino served on the FIFA Reform Committee. He obtained support from the UEFA Executive Committee on October 26, 2015, to run for president of FIFA at the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress. He declared his candidacy and provided the necessary declarations of support on the same day. He committed to adding forty teams to the FIFA World Cup.

He was elected FIFA President for a three-year term on February 26, 2016.

Giovanni Infantino is the first Italian to serve as FIFA President.

Giovanni Infantino opposed the American travel ban on several Muslim countries in 2017.

Following the 2018 World Cup, Giovanni Infantino was awarded the Order of Friendship medal by Vladimir Putin, which he accepted in 2019.

Women’s Right

Women were not allowed in Iranian stadiums during matches involving male teams after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. He cautioned the Islamic Republic of Iran’s government and the Iranian football organization numerous times about the rights of Iranian women.

Panama Papers

Documents from the 2016 Panama Papers that were made public named Giovanni Infantino as a suspect in the FIFA corruption investigation. They demonstrate that, contrary to its prior denials, UEFA entered into agreements with the individuals who have been charged. Infantino has said that he has no firsthand experience with the parties implicated and that he is “dismayed” by the reports.

2022 World Cup

The rights of migrant workers have received attention as a result of the World Cup being held in Qatar. Qatar has been charged with failing to pay wages, requiring unreasonably long workdays, engaging in unlawful hiring practices, and causing the deaths of construction workers who were involved in the construction of Qatar stadiums.

In his remarks, Infantino also charged Western firms doing business in Qatar with hypocrisy for making money without debating migrant workers’ rights with Qatari officials.

Stle Solbakken, the head coach of the Norwegian national team, reacted to Infantino’s rage by claiming that Infantino is neither a great sports leader nor a great historian and is unfit to teach anyone about morality and ethics.

Personal Life

Giovanni Infantino got married to a Lebanese woman named Leena Al Ashqar with whom he has four children. The family currently resides in  Zug, Switzerland.

He has a second home in Qatar where he spent most of his time during the 2022 World Cup.

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