Sayed Ali Reza Aghazada Sadat

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

Sayed Alireza Aghazada
سید علی رضا آقازاده
Born (1991-01-20) 20 January 1991
Logar, Afghanistan
Nationality Afghan
Alma materKabul University

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]

References
  1. "Afghanistan Football Federation Official Website - AFF General Secretary". Archived from the original on 1 August 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. "AFC Executive Committee - AFC". The-afc.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  3. "ABOUT CAFA". The-cafa.com. 6 October 2014. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. "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.
  7. "About AFC - AFC". The-afc.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  8. "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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