UEFA: "When I was elected European football needed a lawyer more than a superstar" (A. Ceferin)

"I am less exposed (than Michel Platini, his predecessor), people don't know me as well. When I was elected European football needed a lawyer more than a superstar as everything was a bit disorganised and people's perception was: 'They're all corrupt'. UEFA is a clean and more transparent organisation because times have changed," said Aleksander Ceferin, president of UEFA since 14/09/2016, to the French daily Le Monde on 07/02/2019.

The four-year election of the UEFA president (Aleksander Ceferin is the only candidate) and eight members of the Executive Committee - including at least one woman - is the main item on the agenda of UEFA's 43^rd Ordinary Congress held at the Cavalieri Hotel in Rome (ITA) on Thursday 07/02/2019.

"Two and a half years in office (Ceferin took over Michel Platini's mandate, suspended since 08/10/2015 and until 08/10/2019) is short. I don't present myself as a preacher who wants to save football or a politician. I don't want to stay thirty years either, but we have just launched major projects," said Aleksander Ceferin, justifying his candidacy to Le Monde.

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