Pascale van Damme, president of the Belgian soccer federation, is set to join FIFA's ruling council after running unopposed for a seat reserved for a female official from Europe. She will be elected at a UEFA meeting in April.
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UEFA said Monday that van Damme will run unopposed and is set to be elected at a UEFA meeting on April 3 in Belgrade, Serbia.less than two years ago. She is now in line to get a four-year term in the FIFA post that pays $250,000 annually. She will replace Evelina Christillin, a former 2006 Turin Olympics official with close ties to the Juventus-owning Agnelli family, who leaves after more than eight years in the role.Each of soccer’s six continental confederations has a place reserved for a woman on the FIFA decision-making body, and none has ever elected a woman in a contested vote against men.
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