FIFA details Infantino’s $6m contract with 33% Club World Cup bonus increase | World Cup 2026 News

FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s pay rise was revealed in the latest accounts, which target revenue of $14bn for 2027-30.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino received a 33 per cent increase in his annual bonus last year as part of a $6m pay package outlined by football’s world body.

Infantino’s base annual salary remained unchanged at 2.6 million Swiss francs ($3.3m) and his bonus rose from 550,000 Swiss francs ($695,000) to 2.2 million Swiss francs ($2.78m). 2025 in the United States World Cup when the United States hosts the first month of the World Cup

In the previous two years, Infantino’s annual bonus was 1.65 million Swiss francs ($2m).

It is unclear whether the FIFA captain is entitled to higher payments, including keeping homes in his native Switzerland and Florida, where FIFA has its base in Coral Gables, which will host 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 will be at least $13bn over the four-year period through this year’s World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

FIFA published its annual accounts on Thursday with a budget target of $14bn in estimated revenue for 2027-30.

That four-year commercial cycle includes the second edition of the Men’s Club World Cup – in a host nation yet to be decided – and the men’s and women’s World Cups.

The Women’s World Cup will be held in Brazil in 2027 and the Men’s 2030 World Cup will be co-hosted by Spain, Portugal and Morocco, with single games in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

FIFA has said it aims to allocate $2.7bn of its $14bn in revenue to its 211-member federations and continental and regional football bodies in development funding. This is a 20 percent increase over the current four-year period.

Infantino is up for re-election next year for a fourth mandate that would extend his presidency to 15 years through 2031. This is the maximum allowed by FIFA laws, which currently only allow his successor a term of three years each.

FIFA published pay details for top executives and senior elected officials as part of transparency reforms passed on the day Infantino was elected in 2016. Payments are determined by a FIFA-appointed Compensation Committee.