Aleksander Ceferin will stand for a fourth term as president of Uefa, reversing his previous insistence that he would not seek re-election as head of European football’s governing body.
The Slovenian informed delegates of his decision at a meeting of all 55 national association chiefs in Berlin. The move had been widely anticipated.
Ceferin first outlined his intention not to stand again in February 2024, at a point when he was embroiled in a row over Uefa changing its statutes to allow him to serve a fourth term. He was initially elected in 2016.
Since then, expectation had grown that the 58-year-old would ultimately put himself forward again. That has only been made more likely by Uefa launching its efforts to oust Fifa president Gianni Infantino. Ceferin has ruled out standing against Infantino himself, but is committed to finding a candidate the game can unite around when Fifa holds its presidential election in March.