Ali Kafashian

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Ali Kafashian | image = Ali Kafashian in Iran Football Federation.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Kafashian in 2015 | native_name = علی کفاشیان | native_name_lang = fa | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|08|06}} | birth_place = [[Nain, Iran|Nain]], [[Isfahan province]], Iran | alma_mater = [[Shahid Beheshti University]]<br />[[Maastricht University]] | occupation = Football administrator }}

'''Ali Kafashian''' ({{langx|fa| علی کفاشیان}}, born on 6 August 1954) is an Iranian businessman, economist, a retired athlete and former president of the [[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran]], a position he had held from 1 March 2008 to 7 May 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://hamshahrionline.ir/news.aspx?id=41541 |title=Biography: Ali Kafashian (1954– ) |access-date=19 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722184337/http://hamshahrionline.ir/news.aspx?id=41541 |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> As of 2015 to 2019, he also served as one of five Vice presidents at the [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC).<ref>{{cite web|title=Ali Kafashian elected as AFC vice president|url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=246450|publisher=Tehran Times|accessdate=25 May 2015|date=3 May 2015}}</ref>

He previously served as Secretary General of [[Iran's National Olympic Committee]] from 2004 until 2008. Kaffashian was elected as President of Iranian Football Federation in 2008, in a race with no other contenders, and was re-elected in March 2012, after he defeated '''Hossein Gharib'''.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}} He is also an employee of [[Central Bank of Iran]].

== Suspension == In June 2019, Ali Kafashian and [[Abbas Torabian]] were suspended by the Iranian Football Federation's Ethic Committee for financial corruption.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-06-26|title=کفاشیان و ترابیان ۵ سال از فعالیت های فوتبالی محروم شدند|url=https://www.irna.ir/news/83370173/کفاشیان-و-ترابیان-۵-سال-از-فعالیت-های-فوتبالی-محروم-شدند|access-date=2020-06-16|website=ایرنا|language=fa}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.iransportspress.com/?c=170&a=4928 on Kafashian]

{{s-start}} {{s-civ}} {{succession box | before = [[Mohsen Safaei Farahani]]|title = [[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|President]] of [[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|IRIFF]] | years = 2008–2016 | after = [[Mehdi Taj]]}} {{S-end}}

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