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Swiss football administrator (born 1970)
Giovanni Vincenzo "Gianni" Infantino is a Swiss football administrator who has served as the president of FIFA since 2016. He was previously Secretary General of UEFA from 2009 to 2016, where he formalised the body's financial regulations and oversaw tournament expansion, such as the UEFA Nations League. He has been an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member since 2020.
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ZURICH -- Gianni Infantino apologized to FIFA's ruling council on Thursday for "mistakes" in his secretive investment plan for the World Cup but didn't give details sought by his toughest critics who want to oust him as the president of soccer's governing body.
FIFA could scrap the controversial 'Peace Prize' just 12 months after U.S. President Donald Trump was handed the inaugural award by Gianni Infantino ahead of the World Cup draw
The football chief said he was sorry “for the mistakes that we made,” but reminded that his project was only a proposal and “in no way a done deal.”