PARIS: Lars-Christer Olsson, one-time general secretary of European football’s governing body UEFA, has been appointed as chairman of the European Professional Football Leagues.

Olsson takes over from Frenchman Frederic Thiriez who stepped down after three years at the helm following his decision to concentrate n the new World Leagues Forum.

Thiriez, current French league chairman, was a founding member in 2005 of the EPFL, which comprises 32 member leagues and associate members across Europe, but has yet to make any perceptible impact on the running of the European game.

Olsson succeeded Gerd Aigner as general secretary of UEFA in 2003 but was replaced in 2007 after Michel Platini ousted Lennart Johansson – Olsson’s Swedish compatriot – as the body’s president.

Currently Olsson chairs the Swedish Elite Football Association, the organising body of the Allsvenskan and Superettan leagues.

Thiriez said: “With Lars-Christer Olsson, who is a man of unification, the European leagues will continue to speak with one voice. He will bring this loud and clear, effectively and transparently, with bodies such as UEFA and FIFA.”

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