Ceferin, head of the Football Association of Slovenia, polled 42 votes at Uefa's congress in Athens, 29 more than Dutchman Michael van Praag. The 48-year-old succeeds former France player Michel Platini, who resigned after being banned from all football activity last year. Ceferin will take on the
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