Greg Clarke has stepped down from his role as a FIFA vice-president and will no longer represent UEFA on the world governing body’s ruling council.
Clarke, 63, resigned as Football Association chairman on Tuesday evening after making a series of offensive remarks during an appearance before a parliamentary committee.
European football’s governing body confirmed that its president Aleksander Ceferin had now spoken to Clarke and agreed with Clarke’s suggestion he stand down as a UEFA representative on the FIFA Council.
The FA’s head of women’s football Baroness Sue Campbell has also been reported as a contender for the position.
Clarke caused particular offence by the use of the word “coloured” in one of his answers to MPs on the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee.
He then also suggested people from different ethnic groups had “different career interests”, highlighting that there were more South Asians in the FA’s IT department than people from an Afro-Caribbean background.
He also appeared to suggest someone’s sexuality was a “life choice” and recounted an anecdote in which he says he was told girls did not like having footballs kicked at them.
