FIFA vice-president resigns as OFC chief for ‘personal reasons’

FIFA Executive Committee Member David Chung from Papua New Guinea arrives for a FIFA Executive Committee emergency meeting at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. FIFA decided Tuesday to stick with its presidential election date in February, as uncertainty surrounded Michel Platini's candidacy and Asia's top soccer official Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa from Bahrain, edged closer to entering the race. (Walter Bieri/Keystone via AP)

ZURICH — FIFA vice-president David Chung has resigned as head of the Oceania Football Confederation after seven years in power.

The OFC says the decision was taken "after much deliberation citing personal reasons" and means that Chung will also relinquish his role on the FIFA Council.

The OFC executive committee is due to meet on Sunday.

Chung has also been president of the Papua New Guinea soccer association since 2004.

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