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Platini for UEFA presidency
Former France captain Michel Platini has confirmed his candidacy for the presidency of European soccer's governing body.
- Indo-Asian News Service
- Updated: February 25, 2007 10:35 AM IST
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Paris:
Former France captain Michel Platini has confirmed his candidacy for the presidency of European soccer's governing body.
French soccer federation chief Jean-Pierre Escalettes officially announced Platini's candidacy in a letter on Monday to UEFA secretary general Lars-Christer Olsson.
The elections will be held in January 2007.
Platini, 51, will challenge incumbent Lennart Johansson, the 76-year-old Swede who has headed UEFA since 1990.
Platini is a member of the UEFA and FIFA executive committees. (AP)
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