FIFA details Infantino’s $6m deal with 33% Club World Cup bonus increase
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s pay boost revealed in latest accounts that target $14bn in revenue for 2027-30.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino received a 33 percent increase in his annual bonus last year as part of a $6m pay package detailed by football’s world body.
Infantino’s basic annual salary was unchanged at 2.6 million Swiss francs ($3.3m) and his bonus rose by 550,000 Swiss francs ($695,000) to 2.2 million Swiss francs ($2.78m) in 2025, when FIFA organised its first monthlong men’s Club World Cup in the United States.
In each of the prior two years, Infantino’s annual bonus had been 1.65 million Swiss francs ($2m).
It was unclear if the FIFA leader is entitled to further payments, including for keeping homes in his native Switzerland and Florida, where FIFA has a base in Coral Gables, organising the 2026 World Cup across North America.
The Club World Cup heavily backed by Saudi Arabian money added about $2bn to FIFA’s revenue, which is set to be at least $13bn for the four-year period through this year’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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