At the invitation of the President of the Kazakhstan Football Federation, Adlet Barmenkulov, the head of the International Football Federation, Gianni Infantino, will visit Astana. The visit is scheduled for May 3, according to the KFF press service.
During the upcoming visit, the heads of football federations will discuss a number of issues on the development of FIFA activities in Kazakhstan for holding international events, as well as to improve interaction between the football associations of Central Asia.
This will be the first visit of Gianni Infantino as head of the International Football Federation to Kazakhstan.
During the working week, Infantino will also visit Tajikistan (May 2), Kyrgyzstan (May 4-5) and Uzbekistan (May 5-6).
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.