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Aleksander Ceferin re-elected UEFA President for third term

Aleksander Ceferin has been re-elected unopposed for a third term as UEFA President.

Ceferin was re-elected as UEFA President at a meeting of the European football’s governing body in Lisbon, Portugal on Wednesday.

The 55-year-old Slovenian lawyer, first elected in 2016 following the downfall of Frenchman Michel Platini, will remain in the role until 2027.

He was subsequently re-elected in 2019.

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Ceferin’s re-election by acclamation on Wednesday comes after he fought off the breakaway European Super League project during his second term and he will now oversee the introduction of a new format for the Champions League starting next year.

He will also be able to focus on pursuing the planned introduction of new Financial Fair Play rules, which will see clubs forced to limit spending on player and staff wages, transfers, and agents fees to 70 percent of total revenues by 2025/26.

The UEFA Congress in the Portuguese capital came just a few weeks after Gianni Infantino was re-elected as president of the sport’s world governing body, FIFA, also unopposed.

In his acceptance speech, Ceferin thanked the delegates for their support, saying: “It is a great honour but mainly it is a great responsibility towards football.

“I will do my best not to disappoint.”

The Star

Segun Ojo

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