19 Jun 2023

Sarai Bareman - the Westie in charge of the World of Women's Football

From Nine To Noon, 10:05 am on 19 June 2023
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - JUNE 22: FIFA Chief Women’s Football Officer Sarai Bareman during a visit by FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 Senior Management to Zurich at HoF, Home on June 22, 2022 in Zurich, Switzerland. (Photo by Harold Cunningham/FIFA)

  FIFA Chief Women’s Football Officer Sarai Bareman  Photo: Harold Cunningham

The FIFA Women's World Cup kicks-off at Eden Park on July 20th. It's in the league of being the most attended women's sporting event ever.

Kathryn speaks with FIFA's Chief Women's Football Officer, Sarai Bareman who's running the show, and is the world leader in women's football.

Sarai's journey to FIFA towers in Zurich began in West Auckland, were she grew up in a rugby-mad family, herself playing at Massey Rugby Club, before switching codes and progressing as a footballer to represent Samoa. Today her goal is to have sixty million women involved in football.

Photo: Esther Zweifel/Supplied