Aleksander Čeferin

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Aleksander Čeferin (2017)

Aleksander Čeferin (born October 13, 1967 in Ljubljana , Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ) is a Slovenian football official . Between 2011 and 2016 he was President of the Slovenian Football Association NZS . The lawyer was elected President of UEFA on September 14, 2016 .

biography

After graduating from the University of Ljubljana with a degree in law in 1991, he worked in his family's law office and mainly represented sports clubs and athletes. He later took over the management of the firm from his father.

official

In 2005, Čeferin became a member of the executive committee of the amateur club FC Ljubljana Lawyers. Between 2006 and 2011 he was a member of NK Olimpija Ljubljana.

In 2011, Čeferin was elected President of the Slovenian Football Association. Between 2011 and 2016, he was also the second and third vice chairman of the UEFA legal committee.

Journalists from the Norwegian football magazine Josimar discovered contradictions in his résumé that have not yet been clarified. There are doubts as to whether, according to the Slovenian statutes, he was active on the board of a football club long enough before he took over the association presidency. His involvement with the futsal club KMN Svea Lesna Litija has also been questioned.

UEFA presidency

On September 14, 2016, Čeferin was elected the seventh President of UEFA. This automatically made him a Vice-President of FIFA. At the UEFA Congress in Athens he received 42 votes, while his opponent, Dutchman Michael van Praag , received 13 votes. In the election he was u. a. supported by the DFB and the former UEFA general secretary and current FIFA boss Gianni Infantino .

In April 2017, some reform proposals from Čeferin in the area of good governance were adopted, including the introduction of a time limit for the UEFA presidency and membership of the UEFA Executive Committee. In addition, candidates for the Executive Committee have since then had to hold a leading role (President, Vice-President, Secretary General or CEO) in their national associations.

Čeferin has also repeatedly spoken out in favor of tightening the financial fair play measures that have been in force since 2009. On February 7, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further four years.

Positions in Sports

According to media reports, Čeferin supports Scandinavia’s application for the EM 2028. In return, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway are said to have made their support for Čeferin public at an early stage. This agreement is said to have come about through the mediation of Gianni Infantino and his advisor, the Norwegian Kjetil Siem .

Čeferin wants to continue to host the European Football Championship with 24 instead of 16 teams as before. On the other hand, he is skeptical about an intended increase in the field of participants to 40 countries at the soccer world championships. He described the idea of ​​a European super league as a competition to the previous UEFA Champions League as a "war against UEFA".

Čeferin suggested moving the final of the European Champions League to other continents, such as New York . This immediately met with criticism.

Private life

Aleksander Čeferin is married and has three children. He runs or actively pursued the sports of soccer , futsal , karate and motor sports . In addition to Slovenian, he also speaks English , Italian , Serbian , Croatian and Bosnian .

Web links

Commons : Aleksander Čeferin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aleksander Čeferin. In: UEFA . Retrieved September 14, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Peter B. Birrer: Uefa President Aleksander Ceferin: "No ego projects". In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . Retrieved September 14, 2016 .
  3. ^ The Curious Case of Čeferin's CV. josimar.no, September 16, 2016, accessed on November 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ DFB supports Ceferin's candidacy as UEFA President . DFB announcement, September 2, 2016, accessed on September 14, 2016.
  5. ^ Robert Kempe: Football - haggling in the UEFA presidential election . Deutschlandfunk , September 5, 2016, accessed on September 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ Aleksander Ceferin re-elected as Uefa President Spiegel Online, August 7, 2019, accessed on the same day.
  7. ^ The president's man. Josimar, September 5, 2016 (English).
  8. ↑ Ceferin: Yes to EM mode, 40 World Cup teams “a little too much”. DPA article in Südwest-Presse , September 5, 2016, accessed on September 14, 2016.
  9. ↑ Uefa president Ceferin plans final in New York. Focus Online, accessed October 24, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Hans-Joachim Watzke attacks the UEFA President: "Should read into files". Eurosport Germany, October 23, 2016, accessed on October 24, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Ben Rumsby: Aleksander Ceferin: a black belt in karate who deals a big blow to the establishment . In: The Telegraph . January 22, 2018, ISSN  0307-1235 ( telegraph.co.uk [accessed February 8, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Čeferin, Aleksander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ceferin, Aleksander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovenian football official
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Ljubljana