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Du Zhaocai

Du Zhaocai

Chinese football administrator

In this Chinese name, the family name is Du.

Du Zhaocai (Chinese: 杜兆才; born 1 March 1960) is a Chinese football administrator who is the current vice-president of the Chinese Football Association, and a member of the FIFA Council since his election on 7 April 2019.[2]

Quick Facts Born, Nationality ...

He previously served as vice president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and as deputy minister at General Administration of Sport of China since October 2018. He had also served as the vice president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, as a council member of the International Association of Athletics Federations, and has over 30 years of experience as a sports administrator.

In April 2022, Du was elected as the president of the East Asian Football Federation for a four-year term.[3]

Downfall

On April 1, 2023, Du was named in a Chinese football anti-corruption probe "suspected of violations of discipline and law".[4]

References

  1. [1]
    FIFA.com. "FIFA Council Members – FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  2. [2]
    FIFA.com. "FIFA Council Members – FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  3. [3]
    "China's Du Zhaocai elected as EAFF President". 1 April 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Prominent Sports Official Named In Xi Jinping's Chinese Football Corruption Investigation". 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2023.


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