Du Zhaocai Explained

Du Zhaocai

Native Name:

杜兆才

Native Name Lang:

Birth Date:

1 March 1960^[1]

Birth Place:

China

Nationality:

Chinese

Occupation:

Sports administrator

Party:

Chinese Communist Party

Module:

Embed:	yes
Office:	Member of the FIFA Council
Term Start:	2019
Term End:	2023
Office1:	President, East Asian Football Federation
Term Start1:	2022
Term End1:	2023
Predecessor1:	Chung Mong-gyu
Office2:	First Vice President Chinese Football Association
Term Start2:	2019
Term End2:	2023

Du Zhaocai (Chinese: 杜兆才; born 1 March 1960) is a Chinese football administrator who served as the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of the Chinese Football Association,^[2] and a member of the FIFA Council since his election on 7 April 2019.^[3]

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.^[4]

On April 1, 2023, Du was named in a Chinese football anti-corruption probe "suspected of violations of discipline and law".^[5] In August 2024, he pleaded guilty to accepting more than US$6.1 in bribes.

Notes and References

Web site: FIFA Council Members – FIFA.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20200325200452/https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/fifa-council/people/411139/. dead. March 25, 2020. FIFA.com. www.fifa.com. en-GB. 2020-03-25.
Web site: 2024-08-28 . Report outlines Xi's push for fair competition, more 'just' global sports order . 2024-08-28 . . en . 2024-08-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240828113445/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3276287/report-outlines-xis-push-fair-competition-and-more-just-global-sports-order . live .
Web site: FIFA Council Members – FIFA.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20200325200452/https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/fifa-council/people/411139/. dead. March 25, 2020. FIFA.com. www.fifa.com. en-GB. 2020-03-25.
News: . 1 April 2022. China's Du Zhaocai elected as EAFF President. 25 November 2022. 26 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221126073728/https://english.news.cn/20220401/a77bc342fd44402db98d68d07811a4a9/c.html. live.
News: . 1 April 2022. Prominent Sports Official Named In Xi Jinping's Chinese Football Corruption Investigation. 1 April 2023. 2 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230402043540/https://boxscorenews.com/prominent-sports-official-named-in-xi-jinpings-chinese-football-corruption-p168330-296.htm. live.