International Football Federation (FIFA) President Gianni Infantino has visited the Korea Football Association.
Infantino, who is in South Korea to attend the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Awards, arrived in Seoul on Monday afternoon and visited the Seoul Sinmunro Football Hall that evening.
Infantino was welcomed by the staff of the Football Association of Korea (KFA), where he met with KFA President Chung Mong-kyu, KFA Vice President Kim Jung-bae, Ulsan HD CEO Kim Kwang-guk, who will be participating in next year’s FIFA Club World Cup, and other FIFA officials, 카지노사이트 before receiving a briefing on the new football center being built in Cheonan.
FIFA operates the FIFA Forward Program as a support program for national associations to develop football. Currently, FIFA is providing $6 million (approximately 8.3 billion won) to the Korea Football Association to build the center.
It’s been seven years since Infantino visited the Football Hall and met with the association’s officials during his last visit to Korea to attend the 2017 U-20 World Cup Final. Infantino will attend the 2023 AFC Awards at Kyung Hee University’s Peace Hall on Sept. 29.