Şenes Erzik (born 18 September 1942, in

Giresun Giresun (), formerly Cerasus (Ancient Greek: Κερασοῦς, Greek: Κερασούντα), is the provincial capital of Giresun Province in the Black Sea Region of northeastern Turkey, about west of the city of Trabzon. Etymology Giresun was ...

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) is a retired football administrator. During his career he served as first vice-president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). He was also a member of the

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Biography

He was educated at

Robert College The American Robert College of Istanbul ( tr, İstanbul Özel Amerikan Robert Lisesi or ), often shortened to Robert, or RC, is a highly selective, independent, co-educational high school in Turkey.The Turkish education system divides schools i ...

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

, where he finished high school section and then the college's School of Business Administration and Economics in 1965. He worked in a diverse range of careers for a number of years in fields like banking for the Sınai Yatırım ve Kredi Bank, as a project manager for FAO/

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and is still involved as an executive board member of the Cankurtaran Holding Inc in

. He is fluent in

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and French as well as his native Turkish. He first got involved in football in 1977 when he was brought onto the board of the

Turkish Football Federation The Turkish Football Federation (; TFF) is the governing body of association football in Turkey. It was formed on 23 April 1923, and joined FIFA the same year and UEFA in 1962. It organizes the Turkey national football team, the Süper Lig, Turk ...

(TFF). He was elected as the president in 1989, a position he held for eight years until he passed the torch to

Haluk Ulusoy Haluk Ulusoy (born on 6 May 1958 in Trabzon) is the former president of Turkish Football Federation. His initially held the post between 1997 and 2004, but was re-elected for a second spell in 2006. Awards *2002 Turkish State Medal of Disting ...

. After this he concentrated on his position in UEFA, where he has served since 1990. He has been a UEFA vice president since 1994, member of the

FIFA Executive Committee The FIFA Council (formerly the FIFA Executive Committee) is an institution of FIFA (the governing body of association football, futsal and beach football). It is the main decision-making body of the organization in the intervals of FIFA Congres ...

since 1996, and holds a position as the honorary president of the TFF. He has also had a large hand in Turkey's bids to host the

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in 2012,

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Final in 2005 which was awarded to the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul and the

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Final in 2009 which was held in

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. Erzik is married and has a son.

References and notes

External links

UEFA profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Erzik, Senes 1942 births Living people Sportspeople from Giresun Robert College alumni Turkish Football Federation presidents FIFA officials Members of the UEFA Executive Committee Turkish sports executives and administrators