The Spaniard David Aganzo, boss of the Spanish footballers union AFE, was elected Tuesday president of the world union Fifpro after the departure of Philippe Piat, replaced by David Terrier as French representative on the management committee, a position coveted for a time by Michel Platini.
David Aganzo (40), a former striker who has worked with Real Madrid, Santander and Rayo Vallecano in particular, was appointed at the Fifpro general assembly on Tuesday in Paris, announced the world union of players. He succeeds Philippe Piat, co-president of the French union UNFP, who led Fifpro from 2005 to 2007, then from 2013 to 2021. Aganzo is the second Spaniard to chair the union after Gerardo Gonzalez Movilla (2007-2010).
#FIFPRO General Assembly | New President
David Aganzo of Spain has been announced as the incoming #FIFPRO President, taking over from Philippe Piat. pic.twitter.com/QHS274g79z
– FIFPRO (@FIFPRO) November 16, 2021
No Platini on the board
Philippe Piat, 79 years old, did not represent. This summer, he had put forward the idea that Platini could enter his seat on the steering committee of Fifpro, where France has a member by right. But it was finally the former defender David Terrier (48), vice-president of the UNFP, who was appointed on Tuesday, leaving in suspense a possible return of Platini in the football courts, six years after his ouster from his post as UEFA president and his ban from world football.
The former Blues playmaker, now 66, finished serving a four-year suspension from all football-related activities in October 2019. The former Ballon d’Or was suspended at the end of 2015 after receiving 2 million Swiss francs (1.8 million euros) from Fifa in 2011, a payment validated by the then president Sepp Blatter without a contract writing.
In this case, Platini and Blatter should be tried in Switzerland for fraud, among other charges, after their indictment announced in early November by the prosecution. The two ex-leaders assure for their part that it is about a remainder of salary for a work of adviser going back to 1999-2002.
President of UEFA between 2007 and 2015, the former N.10 of the Blues has never hidden his desire to find functions close to the field.
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