The 51-year-old Slovenian lawyer was the only candidate going forward for election at the UEFA Congress in Rome. Ceferin took over two and a half years ago after the corruption scandal that toppled his predecessor, Frenchman Michel Platini. That is the question many people were asking when I was elected two and a half years ago,” said Ceferin. I am the president of UEFA, a UEFA that can be proud of its past and confident about the future.”Ceferin promised to work closely with world football governing body FIFA. And we expect the same attitude from FIFA.”The UEFA chief also promised to work to bring the 2030 FIFA World Cup back to Europe.

Source: The Guardian February 07, 2019 13:18 UTC