Aleksander Ceferin has been re-elected as President of the European football’s governing body (UEFA) for a third term.
Ceferin’s re-election was confirmed at a meeting of European football’s governing body in Lisbon on Wednesday.
The 55-year-old Slovenian lawyer, who was first elected in 2016 following the downfall of Frenchman Michel Platini, was returned unopposed and will remain in the role until 2027.
“I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your unanimous support. It really means a lot to me,” Ceferin told delegates at the UEFA Congress in the Portuguese capital.
“It is a great honour but mainly it is a great, great responsibility, towards you and towards football.”
The UEFA Congress came just a few weeks after Gianni Infantino was re-elected as President of the sport’s world governing body FIFA, also unopposed.
