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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Marcus Christenson

Zvonimir Boban quits as Uefa football chief in protest at ‘fatal’ Ceferin plans

Zvonimir Boban in 2022
Zvonimir Boban won 49 caps for Croatia and was part of the team that finished third in the 1998 World Cup. Photograph: Fifa

Zvonimir Boban has quit his role as chief of football at Uefa over a proposal to change the organisation’s statutes that would allow the president, Aleksander Ceferin, to stay beyond a third term.

The rule that the president and executive committee members could serve a maximum of 12 years was introduced in 2017 by Ceferin as part of a reform package. Boban believes the Slovenian intends to run again when his third term finishes in 2027.

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