FIFA President Gianni Infantino (centre) wearing a referee uniform poses with former Brazilian footballer Cafu (left) and former Italian footballer Alessandro Del Piero as he officiates the friendly match of FIFA Legends and Qatar-based workers at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha on December 12, 2022. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)
Doha: On Monday, FIFA President Gianni Infantino became the first head of the global football governing body to join Instagram.
In his first post on the social media platform via his verified handle, gianni_infantino, which has garnered almost 300,000 likes and 3.5 million views within 24 hours, the FIFA president said that he is happy to be the first president of the organization to join the millions of football fans all over the globe using the platform.
"As well as taking you behind the scenes at the fifaworldcup, I look forward to sharing with you what my role as FIFA President involves and how it contributes to fifa’s purpose of serving, growing, and protecting the global game," Infantino said.
He added that his objective as FIFA president and with FIFA is to make football truly global.
"Because we know that football unites the world. I will also like to connect with you, share with you, and give you some insights into what is happening at the World Cup, what FIFA does, what the FIFA president does, and how we make football truly global," he added.
As of the time of this writing, gianni_infantino has about 58,000 followers, while the FIFA president is following a total of 171 accounts, with most of them being football associations, past and present footballers, as well as public figures.
