Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa

Salman bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa interests me as a study in transition from player to power broker. A former footballer turned administrator, he has run the Asian Football Confederation since 2013 and climbed into the upper reaches of FIFA's hierarchy. I tend to value administrators who once laced up boots themselves, on the theory that they understand the game from the inside. Of course, governing world football is as much about politics as sport, and his royal Bahraini background places him squarely in that arena. Whatever one makes of the politics, his durability and reach in the sport's corridors of power are undeniable.

Name (English)

Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa

Name (Japanese)

サルマーン・ビン・イブラーヒーム・アール＝ハリーファ

Reading

さるまーん・びん・いぶらーひーむ・あーる＝はりーふぁ

Born

November 2, 1965 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Snake

Origin

Riffa, Southern Governorate, Bahrain

Occupation

sports executive / association football player

University

University of Bahrain

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman%20bin%20Ibrahim%20Al%20Khalifa
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%92%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%EF%BC%9D%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7405402

Tags

• Southern Governorate
• sports executive
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.