Former UEFA President Lennart Johansson dies aged 89

FILE PHOTO: Former UEFA President Lennart Johansson gestures at the beginning of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Prague December 9, 2010. REUTERS/Petr Josek - Copyright Petr Josek Snr(Reuters)

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Published on 05/06/2019 - 10:03•Updated 19/04/2024 - 05:34

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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Lennart Johansson, the Swedish former president of Europe's football association UEFA, has died after a short illness aged 89, Sweden's Football Association said on Wednesday.

Johansson, who was UEFA president from 1990 to 2007, was a driving force behind the formation of the Champions League and ran against Swiss Sepp Blatter to head football's world governing body FIFA in an acrimonious vote in 1998 but lost.