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FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, Zvonimir Boban, FIFA's Deputy Secretary General for Football, holds the lot of Chile during the draw for the soccer Confederations Cup 2017, in Kazan, Russia. Former Croatia and AC Milan great Zvonimir Boban is returning to top level soccer politics as an advisor to UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin according to an announcement Friday April 16, 2021.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, FILE)

Croatia great Boban back in soccer politics as UEFA adviser

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Jan. 11, 2020 file photo, Paolo Maldini, right, and Zvonimir Boban look on during an Italian Serie A soccer match between Cagliari and Milan in Cagliari, Italy. AC Milan announced Saturday that Zvonimir Boban, its chief football officer, has been fired. The move comes following an interview that Boban gave to the Gazzetta dello Sport in which he questioned the direction of the club under the U.S.-based hedge fund Elliott. (Spada/LaPresse via AP)

AC Milan fires Boban after interview in latest club upheaval

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FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016 file photo, Zvonimir Boban, FIFA's Deputy Secretary General for Football, holds the lot of Germany during the draw for the soccer Confederations Cup 2017, in Kazan, Russia. FIFA presidential adviser Zvonimir Boban is returning to AC Milan as its chief football officer, it was announced Friday, June 14, 2019. Boban has been the deputy secretary general with responsibility for soccer issues. FIFA says he is leaving within days. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, file)

Top FIFA official Boban leaving to join AC Milan

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