Aleksander Ceferin succeeds Michel Platini as Uefa president

Slovenia's Aleksander Ceferin has been elected as UEFA's seventh president at an extraordinary congress in Athens. 

The 48-year-old , almost unheard of outside his own country at the start of the campaign, beat his Dutch rival Michael van Praag by 42 votes to 13, with no abstentions. 

Ceferin will now complete the remaining two-and-a-half years of former president Michel Platini's term, after the Frenchman was banned from all football activities in December.

"Dear friends, thank you for your fantastic support,' Ceferin said after the result was announced. "It's a great honour, but also a great responsibility. 

"It means a lot to me and my family is very proud, and my small and beautiful Slovenia is very proud about it. I hope one day you will also be proud of me."