David Chung (football executive)

David Chung
Senior Vice President of FIFA
In office
5 September 2017 – 8 April 2018
President Gianni Infantino
Preceded by Ángel María Villar
Succeeded by Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa
Personal details
Born Chung Kim Hiong
(1962-07-13) July 13, 1962
 Malaysia
Nationality  Papua New Guinea
Awards Order of the British Empire

David Chung OBE (born Chung Kim Hiong: July 13, 1962 in Malaysia[1]) is a Malaysian-Papua New Guinean sports official, and has been the President of the Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA) from 2004 until 2018. He was a member of the FIFA Council.

Biography

He moved from Malaysia to Papua New Guinea in 1985, and became a naturalised citizen of his adoptive country. Though "initially involved" in rugby league, he subsequently became an association football player, coach and referee, and then a senior official. While "administering football" in the New Guinea Highlands, he "helped secure outside funding as well as contribute personal finance towards youth development programmes". He became president of the Papua New Guinea Football Association in 2004, and then the senior vice-president of the Oceania Football Confederation -under OFC president Reynald Temarii of Tahiti- in 2007. When Temarii was suspended by FIFA Ethics Committee on allegations of corruption in November 2010,[2] Chung was elevated to the position of acting president, with New Zealand's Fred de Jong as his senior vice-president.[1][3] In January 2011, he was elected to the presidency of the OFC unopposed, for a four-year term.[4]

The OFC credits him with launching Papua New Guinea’s "first ever semi-professional football competition in 2006", the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, as well as with boosting grassroots football, supporting women’s football and overseeing "a series of infrastructure projects including a national football academy in Lae and regional technical centre in Kimbe with plans in place to build an additional regional technical centre in Port Moresby beginning 2011".[1]

He was named as a recipient of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in July 2012.[5]

On 6 April 2018, Chung stepped down from the role of OFC President, PNGFA President and the FIFA Council, citing personal reasons.[6][7] A OFC committee is planning to launch an investigation regarding corruption allegations.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Profile: David Chung, Oceania Football Confederation
  2. ↑ "Amos Adamu banned for three years by Fifa after corruption hearing". The Guardian. 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  3. ↑ Maddaford, Terry (December 1, 2010). "Soccer: From PNG to Fifa's corridors of power". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
  4. ↑ "New OFC president", Fiji Times, January 17, 2011
  5. ↑ ""OFC President receives Order of the British Empire honour", Oceania Football, 11 July 2012
  6. ↑ "OFC President steps down". oceaniafootball.com. Auckland: Oceania Football Confederation. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  7. ↑ Jakanduo, Leo (2018-04-10). "PNGFA President steps down". pngfootball.com.pg. Papua New Guinea Football Association. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  8. ↑ Bjerkevoll, Ola (2018-04-10). "Chung leaves PNGFA". Football in Oceania. Retrieved 2018-04-11.


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