Ganesh Thapa

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Ganesh Thapa
गणेश थापा
Born (1960-10-09) October 9, 1960 (age 61)[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]

Family[]

Thapa is the younger brother of Kamal Thapa and the father of Gaurav Thapa.

Background[]

Before becoming the president of ANFA, Thapa was a national football player. He also played for the East Bengal FC in the Calcutta Football League.

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
  • Development of Nepali Football
  • Better facilities and better rewards for players

Corruption case[]

Following the corruption case of Mohammed bin Hammam. British newspaper “The Sunday Times” reported that All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) president Ganesh Thapa had received £115,000 from the banned president of Asian Football Confederation and FIFA’s executive committee.[4] 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 Thapa's son, Gaurav Thapa.[5][6]

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.[7][8] Thapa, who was also a member of Nepal’s parliament, appealed the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[9]

In 2016, Mani Kunwar, Thapa's brother-in-law, became vice president of ANFA.[10]

In 2017, Thapa stated that as far as the corruption case was concerned, he had already received clean chit in Nepal, and that time would prove that he was innocent in relation to cases outside Nepal.[11]

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.[dead link]
  3. ^ Sri Lanka Football Federation
    - "Ganesh Thapa no longer SAFF president". República Sports. Nepal Republic Media. 4 October 2009. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2010.
  4. ^ "UK based newspaper says ANFA prez Thapa received £115,000 from Hammam". Archived from the original on 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  5. ^ a b "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.
    - "Bin Hammam received 30 days suspension over corruption case". The Republic. Retrieved 27 July 2012.[dead link]
  7. ^ "Ganesh Thapa: Ten-year ban for Nepal FA president". BBC News. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Fifa bans Nepal FA president Ganesh Thapa for 10 years over bribery". The Guardian. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Ten-year ban for Nepal FA president". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  10. ^ Republica. "Narendra Shrestha elected ANFA president". My Republica. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  11. ^ Cowan, Sam (2017-02-05). "Corruption in world football and the fall of Ganesh Thapa". The Record. Retrieved 2021-03-31.


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