CEO Office & Executive Affairs
Friday, 26 January 2007
by Mark Chaplin from Dusseldorf
Michel Platini has been elected as President of UEFA.
Historic vote
The 51-year-old Frenchman was elected by Europe's 52 national football associations at the XXXI Ordinary UEFA Congress in the German city of Dusseldorf on Friday. He received 27 votes, while the incumbent UEFA President Lennart Johansson received 23 votes, with two votes invalid. Upon his election, Mr Platini proposed that Mr Johansson become UEFA honorary president after 17 years of outstanding service at the helm of European football.
Star player
Michel Platini was born on 21 June 1955, and enjoyed a glittering career as a footballer before moving into the world of football administration and politics. He was the leading star of his era, winning three successive European Footballer of the Year awards in 1983, 1984 and 1985.
Club honours
He began his career in France with AS Nancy-Lorraine, making his early name before moving to AS Saint-Etienne in 1979. His major successes at club level followed in Italy with Juventus, where he played from 1982 to 1987, notably winning the European Champion Clubs’ Cup in 1985, the UEFA European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1984 and the UEFA Super Cup the same year, as well as a host of domestic honours. He was leading scorer in Italy’s Serie A in 1983, 1984 and 1985.
EURO success
Glory also came to Mr Platini at national team level, when he led France to the UEFA European Championship title on home soil in 1984, leading the way by finishing top goalscorer. He took part in three FIFA World Cups, and made a total of 72 appearances for France from 1976 to 1987 – 49 of them as captain – scoring a record 41 times.
New roles
Following the end of his playing career, Mr Platini coached the France national team from 1988 to 1992, before setting out on his career as a football administrator and politician. He was vice-chairman of the organising committee for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. Mr Platini has been a member of the UEFA Executive Committee and European member of the FIFA Executive Committee since 2002. He is chairman of the FIFA Technical Development Committee, and vice-president of the French Football Federation.
Challenges ahead
The new UEFA President says that, among other things, he will fight to defend the game's values – respect, tolerance, solidarity, freedom - and its gift of protecting and fulfilling people of all ages, as well as preserving football's autonomy and fighting illegal betting and doping.
Source: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=64/newsid=500491.html
Friday, 26 January 2007
by Mark Chaplin from Dusseldorf
Michel Platini has been elected as President of UEFA.
Historic vote
The 51-year-old Frenchman was elected by Europe's 52 national football associations at the XXXI Ordinary UEFA Congress in the German city of Dusseldorf on Friday. He received 27 votes, while the incumbent UEFA President Lennart Johansson received 23 votes, with two votes invalid. Upon his election, Mr Platini proposed that Mr Johansson become UEFA honorary president after 17 years of outstanding service at the helm of European football.
Star player
Michel Platini was born on 21 June 1955, and enjoyed a glittering career as a footballer before moving into the world of football administration and politics. He was the leading star of his era, winning three successive European Footballer of the Year awards in 1983, 1984 and 1985.
Club honours
He began his career in France with AS Nancy-Lorraine, making his early name before moving to AS Saint-Etienne in 1979. His major successes at club level followed in Italy with Juventus, where he played from 1982 to 1987, notably winning the European Champion Clubs’ Cup in 1985, the UEFA European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1984 and the UEFA Super Cup the same year, as well as a host of domestic honours. He was leading scorer in Italy’s Serie A in 1983, 1984 and 1985.
EURO success
Glory also came to Mr Platini at national team level, when he led France to the UEFA European Championship title on home soil in 1984, leading the way by finishing top goalscorer. He took part in three FIFA World Cups, and made a total of 72 appearances for France from 1976 to 1987 – 49 of them as captain – scoring a record 41 times.
New roles
Following the end of his playing career, Mr Platini coached the France national team from 1988 to 1992, before setting out on his career as a football administrator and politician. He was vice-chairman of the organising committee for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. Mr Platini has been a member of the UEFA Executive Committee and European member of the FIFA Executive Committee since 2002. He is chairman of the FIFA Technical Development Committee, and vice-president of the French Football Federation.
Challenges ahead
The new UEFA President says that, among other things, he will fight to defend the game's values – respect, tolerance, solidarity, freedom - and its gift of protecting and fulfilling people of all ages, as well as preserving football's autonomy and fighting illegal betting and doping.
Source: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/keytopics/kind=64/newsid=500491.html
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