UEFA President attends Estonian celebrations
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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UEFA President Michel Platini has visited Estonia to take part in the celebrations marking 100 years of football in the Baltic state – the first recorded football match in the country took place in June 1909.
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UEFA President Michel Platini has visited Estonia to take part in the celebrations to mark 100 years of football in the Baltic state. The first-ever recorded football match in Estonia took place in June 1909.
Tallinn conference
During his visit, the UEFA President also attended a conference on Football Values together with the FIFA President Joseph S Blatter and the President of the Estonian Football Association, Aivar Pohlak. UEFA Executive Committee member and Lithuanian Football Federation President Liutauras Varanavičius was a speaker at the event, which took place in Opetajate Maja, a historic building in the centre of the Estonian capital Tallinn.