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Villar re-elected Spanish Football Federation president

Undated, May 22 (REUTERS) Angel Maria Villar was re-elected as the Spanish Football Federation's (RFEF) president for the eighth consecutive time today after he stood unopposed.
The term of office for the 67-year-old, who got 112 votes with 11 abstentions and six spoiled ballots, will run until 2020, with Villar having been first elected in 1988.
The former Athletic Bilbao and Spain midfielder has presided over the most successful era in the history of the Spanish national team, who won successive European Championships in 2008 and 2012 and their first World Cup in 2010.
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