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Du Zhaocai ( zh, 杜兆才; born 1 March 1960) is a Chinese football administrator who served as the
Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...
of the
Chinese Football Association The Chinese Football Association (), abbreviated as CFA (), is the governing body for association football, beach soccer and futsal in the People's Republic of China (Mainland China). The CFA organizes the men's and women's national teams an ...
, and a member of the FIFA Council since his election on 7 April 2019. 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 The Chinese Olympic Committee (COC; ; List of IOC country codes, IOC code: CHN) is the National Olympic Committee of China. It is headquartered in Dongcheng, Beijing, Dongcheng, Beijing, China. Leaders Timeline concerning Olympic recogni ...
, as a council member of the
International Association of Athletics Federations World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, coverin ...
, 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 The East Asian Football Federation (EAFF), founded on 28 May 2002, is an international governing body of association football, football in East Asia. Presidents Member associations EAFF has 10 member associations. All of them are members of th ...
for a four-year term. On April 1, 2023, Du was named in a Chinese football anti-corruption probe "suspected of violations of discipline and law". In August 2024, he pleaded guilty to accepting more than US$6.1 in bribes.


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1960 births Living people Chinese politicians convicted of corruption People expelled from the Chinese Communist Party in 2023 {{Authority control