Sayed Ali Reza Aghazada Sadat Explained

Sayed Alireza Aghazada
Native Name:سید علی رضا آقازاده
Native Name Lang:ar
Birth Date:1991 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Logar, Afghanistan
Nationality: Afghan
Alma Mater:Kabul University

Sayed Alireza Aghazada (born 20 January 1991) is the former general secretary of the Afghanistan Football Federation.[1]

Aghazada was elected as Asian Football Confederation executive member on 29th AFC Congress on 6 April 2019 in Kuala Lumpur.[2]

Aghazada has served in national and international football positions, and the youngest executive member of AFC since its establishment in 1954.[3]

During his office term as general secretary, the first Afghan Premier League was established, as well as several abroad training camps for the Afghan national football team. 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.[4] [5] [6]

He served the following positions:Asian Football Confederation media and communication committee member[7]

FIFA Organising committee member[8]

Central Asian Football Association Head of marketing and communications[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Afghanistan Football Federation Official Website - AFF General Secretary . 23 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150801045920/http://aff.org.af/english/aff-general-secretary/ . 1 August 2015 . dead .
  2. Web site: AFC Executive Committee - AFC. The-afc.com. 14 April 2019. 14 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190414101923/http://www.the-afc.com/about-afc/committees/executive/. live.
  3. Web site: ABOUT CAFA. 6 October 2014. The-cafa.com. 16 April 2019. 16 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190416135927/http://the-cafa.com/about-cafa/. live.
  4. News: Wrack . Suzanne . 2019-10-11 . Leading Afghan football official banned by Fifa in relation to sexual abuse . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-02-02 . 0261-3077 . 3 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230803105136/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/11/afghan-football-official-banned-fifa-sexual-abuse-sayed-ali-reza-aghazada . live .
  5. Web site: Grez . Matias . 2019-10-11 . FIFA bans Afghan football official for failure to act on sexual abuse scandal . 2023-02-02 . CNN . en . 2 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230202164704/https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/11/football/fifa-bans-sayed-aghazada-afghanistan-general-secretary-spt-intl/index.html . live .
  6. Web site: Decision taken by the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee . 2023-02-09 . FIFA . 9 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240309093150/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/6d554fee99706528/original/s1s4rk3m2hhvk2hh0wls-pdf.pdf . live .
  7. Web site: About AFC - AFC. The-afc.com. 16 April 2019. 16 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190416193731/http://www.the-afc.com/about-afc/committees/standing/media-communications-committee. live.
  8. Web site: FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017 - Committees. https://web.archive.org/web/20150215134139/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/organisation/committees/index.html. dead. 15 February 2015. FIFA.com. 16 April 2019.