Sándor Csányi

Nationality: Hungarian
Date of birth: 20 March 1953
Executive Committee member since: 2015
FIFA Council member since: 2017

Current UEFA roles
UEFA Executive Committee (member)
FIFA Council (member)
National Team Competitions Committee (chairman)
Finance Committee (member)

• A banker, financier and economic expert with a doctorate from Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Sándor Csányi worked for the Hungarian finance ministry before moving into banking, becoming president of Hungary's biggest commercial bank in 1992.

• Well known in Hungary for his entrepreneurial skills, he was elected as president of the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) in July 2010, and brought experts from other sectors, such as science and finance, on to the association's management board.

• “It is a positive tendency that football involves more countries in the world,” he said on his election to the UEFA Executive Committee in March 2015, “but we have to secure the position of European football so that the spirit of the game and the traditions are correctly represented. I believe in solidarity in football. The strengthening of financial fair play is important, and I fully support this progression. I am sure that the biggest challenge is to maintain the balance between sport values and money.” He was elected as a member of the FIFA Council at the UEFA Helsinki Congress in March 2017.

Previous UEFA roles
Youth and Amateur Football Committee (chairman) 2015-2017
National Team Competitions Committee (deputy chairman) 2015-2017
National Associations Committee (third vice-chairman) 2011-2013, (first vice-chairman) 2013-2015 
Development and Technical Assistance Committee (second vice-chairman) 2009-2011