Sayed Alireza Aghazada (born 20 January 1991) is the former
general secretary
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of the
Afghanistan Football Federation
The Afghanistan Football Federation (A.F.F.) ( Persian: فدراسيون فوتبال افغانستان) is the governing body of football in Afghanistan, controlling the men's and women's national teams. It was founded in 1922 and has been a m ...
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Aghazada was elected as
Asian Football Confederation
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executive member on 29th AFC Congress on 6 April 2019 in
Kuala Lumpur
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Aghazada has served in national and international
football positions, and the youngest executive member of AFC since its establishment in 1954.
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.
He served the following positions:
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in ...
media and communication committee member
FIFA Organising committee member
Central Asian Football Association
The Central Asian Football Association (CAFA) is an association of the football playing nations in Central Asia.
In June 2014, the association was in principle approved by the Asian Football Confederation and approved at the Extraordinary Congr ...
Head of marketing and communications
References
Football people in Afghanistan
1991 births
Living people
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