the norway Lise Klaveness, the only woman in attendance in the elections to the UEFA Executive Committee at the 47th Congress held in Lisbon, ensured, after not getting his seat, that “This is not the end, this is the beginning.”
“We continue with the same force towards the next election. The wave of change and modernization cannot be stopped. I will not be silenced by a culture of fear,” Klaveness said. in a message released by the Norwegian Football Association, of which he is president.
The former Nordic footballer pointed that out will continue to work “for open minds” and that he will continue to “work to contribute to a stronger UEFA and a better FIFA”; and he will fight “for the rights of small and medium-sized countries.”
“Grassroots football will also be among our priorities and of course we will continue to work for more equality and more investment in women’s football,” he added. Claveness, who admitted that he knew it would be difficult for him to be elected.
the albanian Armand Duka, with 45 votes, has the most support out of eleven applicants, ahead of the Danish Jesper Moller (42), the Czech Petr Fousek, the Georgian Levan Kobiashvili and the Spanish Luis Rubiales (all have 40), the French Philippe Diallo (37) and the Ukrainian Andriy Pavelko (31).
They were left without a place Hugo Quaderer (Liechtenstein, with 25), Bjorn Vassallo (Malta, 25), Lise Klaveness (18) and Rod Petrie (Scotland, 15).
However, the Welsh Laura McAllister she was elected to the position of female member for four years, the first time that a leader of her association was part of the governing body.
Source: La Verdad
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