FIFA President Gianni Infantino will visit Uzbekistan on May 5-6, reported the press service of the Football Association of Uzbekistan.
During the visit, Gianni Infantino will get acquainted with the ongoing work to promote football in Uzbekistan and will take part in the discussion of cooperation projects related to the further development of football in the country. The FIFA delegation will get acquainted with the football infrastructure of Uzbekistan, inspect the base of the national teams created in cooperation with FIFA, and also hold meetings with AFU officials.
During the working week, Infantino will also visit Tajikistan (May 2), Kazakhstan (May 3) and Kyrgyzstan (May 4-5).
Infantino was elected President of FIFA at an extraordinary congress in February 2016. In this post, he replaced the Swiss Joseph Blatter, who retired. In June 2019, Infantino was re-elected as FIFA President at a congress in Paris (France). In March 2023, Infantino was again re-elected as FIFA President at the FIFA Congress in Kigali (Rwanda). Both times the elections were held on a non-alternative basis.
From 2000 to 2016, Infantino worked for the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). During the last seven years of his activity in this organization, Infantino served as Secretary General.
