Sayed Ali Reza Aghazada Sadat
Sayed Alireza Aghazada | |
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سید علی رضا آقازاده | |
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| Born | 20 January 1991 |
| Nationality |  Afghan |
| Alma mater | Kabul University |
| Occupation | Former Secretary General |
| Website | aghazada |
Sayed Alireza Aghazada (born 20 January 1991) is the general secretary of the Afghanistan Football Federation, a position he has held since 2012.[1]
Aghazada was elected as Asian Football Confederation Executive Member on 29th AFC Congress. The congress took place on 6 April 2019 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2]
Aghazada is an Afghan sports expert who has served in many national and international football positions and he is the youngest executive member of AFC since its establishment in 1954.
He has been a member of the Federation since 2007, and as general secretary since 2012.
He was the youngest general secretary of the FIFA member associations in 2012. He was the Deputy General Secretary of the CAFA since 2014 to 2017[3]
During his office term as general secretary, the first Afghan Premier League was established, as well as several training camps for the Afghan national football team in many Asian and European countries and developed the quality of Afghanistan Football into new era and established the first ever Beach Soccer team of Afghanistan and support Futsal and Women's association football in Afghanistan, football federation of Afghanistan contracted with many international companies such Alokozay Group of Companies, Hummel International, Moby Group and many others.
On 8 October 2019, the FIFA Ethics Committee banned him for life from national and international football-related activities for failing to 'report and prevent' sexually abuse of female players. He was also fined 10,000 Swiss francs.[4][5][6]
He served the following positions:
Asian Football Confederation Media and Communication Committee Member.[7]
FIFA Organising Committee Member for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.[8]
Central Asian Football Association Head of Marketing and Communication Committee.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Afghanistan Football Federation Official Website - AFF General Secretary". Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "AFC Executive Committee - AFC". The-afc.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ a b "ABOUT CAFA". The-cafa.com. 6 October 2014. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ Wrack, Suzanne (11 October 2019). "Leading Afghan football official banned by Fifa in relation to sexual abuse". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ Grez, Matias (11 October 2019). "FIFA bans Afghan football official for failure to act on sexual abuse scandal". CNN. Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "Decision taken by the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee" (PDF). FIFA. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2024. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "About AFC - AFC". The-afc.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017 - Committees". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
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