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The FIFA president grew up in Switzerland as part of an Italian migrant family, and fell in love with football and its administration when he was just a teenager. Having qualified as a football lawyer and making a name for himself at the European football federation UEFA, Infantino ended up perfectly positioned to take over the presidency of the world body FIFA after the organisation was mired in corruption charges. His promise to give the member associations double the money sealed his bid. He’s now been president for over 10 years and has overseen FIFA’s ex...
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Thank you for downloading Profile. This week's presenter is Mark Cole's. Today I feel Arab. Today I feel African. Today I feel gay. World football's touchy-feely Mr Marmite this week. I feel like them because I know what it means to be discriminated.
Fee for President Gianni Infantino, the global game's most powerful figure, the man the US president likes to call the king of soccer. It's football actually, Donald. Oh, there's a less flattering Infantino, a hate figure for many football fans, criticized for political ingratiation, exorbitant ticket prices, World Cup ads,
sorry, I mean hydration breaks, and now this week's apparent bending of the rules, suspending a red card given to the US striker Florin Baligan after a direct intervention from the American president himself. I asked for a review because I didn't think it was a foul and you know again I'm good at this stuff.
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