SOCCER-FIFA/PLATINI-FILE UEFA President Michel Platini to stand for FIFA President

Record ID: 145874

  • Title: SOCCER-FIFA/PLATINI-FILE UEFA President Michel Platini to stand for FIFA President
  • Date: 29th July 2015
  • Summary: ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (JULY 28, 2015) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** UEFA PRESIDENT, MICHEL PLATINI AT A NATIONAL TEAM SEMINAR VARIOUS OF PLATINI SITTING NEXT TO FIFA PRESIDENT, SEPP BLATTER NATIONAL TEAM COACHES AT SEMINAR BLATTER AND PLATINI AT TEAM SEMINAR
  • Embargoed: 13th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Austria
  • Country: Austria
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVADJE89AZU5MBZCKUMXFM9N02Y9
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: UEFA head Michel Platini announced on Wednesday his intention to stand for presidency of FIFA in place of Sepp Blatter.
    "This was a very personal, carefully considered decision, one in which I weighed up the future of football alongside my own future," he said in a statement published on the UEFA website.
    "There are times in life when you have to take your destiny into your own hands," added the former France international player.
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