Lars-Christer Olsson

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Lars-Christer Olsson (born February 6, 1950 in Lövestad , Sweden ) is a European football official .

From 2004 to January 31, 2007, he was UEFA General Director and thus the highest official in the operational business of European football . In the summer of 2004, the Swede succeeded the German Gerhard Aigner . Olsson led the affairs of the Federation of the headquarters in the Swiss Nyon from. When he stepped down, Olsson said he would have liked to continue, but with the new administration led by UEFA President Michel Platini , elected a week earlier, there were mixed views about the future.

Since 2012, Olsson has been chairman of the Swedish Association of Professional Teams Svensk Elitfotboll . In March 2016 he was elected President of the EPFL (European Professional Football Ligues).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ OFCOM kulisserna på UEFA. Nätverket Österlen, accessed September 14, 2012 (Swedish).
  2. ↑ Lars-Christer Olsson lämnar Uefa. sydsvenskan.se, accessed September 14, 2012 (Swedish).
  3. ↑ Fotbolls strategists tillbaka i fadershuset. (No longer available online.) Föreningen Svensk Elitfotboll (SEF), archived from the original on March 14, 2011 ; Retrieved September 14, 2012 (Swedish).
  4. ↑ Lars-Christer Olsson avgår från Uefa. svt.se, accessed September 14, 2012 (Swedish).
  5. ^ EPFL appoints Lars-Christer Olsson as new Chairman. In: European Leagues. March 11, 2016, Retrieved March 8, 2020 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Olsson, Lars-Christer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish (European) football official
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Lövestad