Ganesh Thapa

Ganesh Thapa
Native name गणेश थापा
Born (1960-10-09) October 9, 1960[1]
President of
the All Nepal Football Association
In office
1995–2015

Ganesh Thapa (Nepali: गणेश थापा) is an ex president of the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA).[2] He was formerly the president of the South Asian Football Federation and the vice president of Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[3][4]

Family

Thapa is the younger brother of Kamal Thapa.

Background

Before becoming the president of ANFA, Thapa was a national football player. He also played in the Bangladesh team.

Changes to the Nepali football made under Thapa

  • Started the already stopped ANFA Martyr's Memorial A-Division League
  • Created ANFA Youth Academy
  • Gave special focus to youth football
  • Tried to make Nepali Football League system more professional
  • No development for 2 decades (20 years).
  • Uncertainty of players future

Alleged corruption case

Following the corruption case of Mohammed bin Hammam, The Associated Press revealed that Thapa received an illegal gift of $100,000 from Bin Hammam in 2009. The money was deposited into the personal bank account of Gaurav Thapa (Ganesh Thapa's son).[5][6][7]

Thapa later claimed that he borrowed the money for his personal use, and such a revelation would not tarnish the image of Nepal and Nepali football.[5]

In November 2015 the FIFA Ethics Committee banned him for 10 years.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "President's Profile". All Nepal Football Association. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ganesh Thapa retains ANFA presidency". Nepal News. Mercantile Communications. 8 September 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Sri Lanka Football Federation
  4. ↑ "Ganesh Thapa no longer SAFF president". República Sports. Nepal Republic Media. 4 October 2009. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Ganesh Thapa says he'd borrowed fortune from bin Hammam". The Himalayan Times. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ganesh Thapa's son "got USD 100000 from bin Hammam"". The Himalayan Times. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Bin Hammam received 30 days suspension over corruption case". The Republic. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Ganesh Thapa: Ten-year ban for Nepal FA president". bbc.com. BBC. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Fifa bans Nepal FA president Ganesh Thapa for 10 years over bribery". The Guardian. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
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