Sonia Bien-Aime

Sonia Bien-Aime
Born
Sonia Bien-Amie Fulford[1]

(1971-12-03) 3 December 1971 (age 52)
NationalityTurks and Caicos
Occupation(s)Member, FIFA Council

Sonia Bien-Aime Fulford (born 3 December 1971)[2] is a Turks and Caicos football administrator, the president of the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association (TCIFA), a member of the FIFA Council, and the Executive Committee of CONCACAF.

Bien-Aime grew up on Grand Turk Island. She has four sisters and one brother.[3] She represented her country in athletics, softball, and football, where she captained the Turks & Caicos Women's National Team.[3]

Bien-Aime became general secretary of the TCIFA in 2006, and was elected president of the Association in July 2014, succeeding Christopher Bryan.[4] She was the first woman to be elected president of the TCIFA.[5]

Bien-Aime has been a FIFA Council member since 2015.[6]

References

  1. ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA Council Members". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  2. ^ "CONCACAF Council". concacaf.com. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Turks & Caicos' Sonia Bien-Aime Player Honoured with S'Hero of the Month Award". Thebahamasweekly.com. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Bien-Aime elected as TCIFA President". concacaf.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. ^ "BIEN AIME Sonia". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. ^ Piers Edwards; CNN (24 February 2016). "FIFA: Could a woman fix world governing body?". CNN. Retrieved 26 February 2016. {{cite web}}: |author2= has generic name (help)