Ceferin to stand for a fourth term as UEFA president
Ceferin said a fourth term would bring certainty and unity as UEFA prepares to challenge Gianni Infantino’s leadership and search for a FIFA alternative.
- On Thursday, Aleksander Ceferin announced to national association bosses in Berlin that he will seek a fourth term as UEFA president, extending his tenure through 2031 at next year's UEFA Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan.
- Controversial changes to presidential term limits made at the 2024 UEFA Congress in Paris enable Ceferin's candidacy, though The Football Association opposed those statute alterations.
- Seeking re-election provides unity and stability as UEFA focuses on challenging the FIFA presidency of Gianni Infantino, whom the organization previously stated it had lost confidence in.
- On Wednesday, former Tottenham defender Ramon Vega became the first person to officially announce his intention to challenge Infantino for the FIFA presidency.
- While Infantino maintains a strong power base in Africa and South America, Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman appears to have softened his stance toward the FIFA leader.
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Aleksander Ceferin is aiming for a further term as President of the European Football Union UEFA and will be re-elected next April. The Slovenian announced his application at a meeting of the 55 UEFA member associations in Berlin, thus taking over as a possible counter-candidacy of Gianni Infantino for the position of FIFA president. Ceferin's ambition to challenge the controversial head of the World Federation has been denied several times.
The Slovenian Aleksander Ceferin announced Thursday the candidacy for his own re-election for a final four-year term at the head of UEFA, during the meeting of the 55 federations of the European Confederation in Berlin. This announcement marks a setback in the Slovenian’s initial decision not to run again, and comes after “unanimous” support from the national federations, UEFA declared in a statement. The 58-year-old leader, who came to the UEFA…
The Slovenian announced his intention to expand his presence at the helm of UEFA
Slovak Aleksander Ceferin announced on Thursday his candidacy for a new four-year term in charge of UEFA, at a meeting of the 55 federations of the European Confederation, held in Berlin.
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