Cerefin succeeds Platini as UEFA president

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Cerefin succeeds Platini as UEFA president

Aleksander Cerefin has been elected as the new president of UEFA, succeeding the disgraced Michel Platini.
Cerefin, who was appointed as the Slovenian FA president in 2011, beat Michael van Praag at the Extraordinary UEFA Congress in Athens on Wednesday.

Last week, acting UEFA president Angel Maria Villar withdrew from the contest


Cerefin won 42 of the 55 votes.

“My small and beautiful Slovenia is very proud about it and I hope one day you will also be very proud of me,” Ceferin told UEFA delegates.

“Some people may have said that I am not a leader, that I am too young and too inexperienced to become the next UEFA president.

“It’s not because you repeat again and again, loud and clear, ‘I am a leader’ that you are a leader. If you have to do it you are probably not a leader.


“You can say that I am young and experienced but I honestly think it disrespectful for all small and medium-sized federations who, 365 days a year, have to do more with less.”