Rajesh Patel
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| name = Rajesh Patel
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|04|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = Fiji
| office = President of the Fiji Football Association
| termstart = 2016
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| occupation = Sports administrator, FIFA executive member
| office2 = Member of the FIFA Council
| termstart2 = March 2019
| office1 = Senior Vice President of the Oceania Football Confederation
| termstart1 = 2018
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Rajesh Patel, MOF (born on 3 April 1961) is a member of FIFA Council and senior vice-president of the Oceania Football Confederation. He is presently elected as the president of Fiji Football Association.{{Cite web|author=Indra Singh |title=Football boss happy with outcome|url=https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/sports/football/football-boss-happy-with-outcome/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Fiji Broadcasting Corporation}}
He has been the first sport administrator from Fiji to be elected as a member in the FIFA Council.{{Cite web|title=Patel To Retain Fiji FA President's Job|url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2019/04/25/patel-to-retain-fiji-fa-presidents-job/|access-date=2020-09-23|language=en-US}}
FIFA council member election
Patel was elected as a member in the FIFA council on 9 March 2019 during the Oceania Football Confederation Extraordinary Congress held in Auckland, New Zealand and before he was elected in the FIFA board, he has been among the members that helps in introducing a seven-year plan intended for qualification of 2026 FIFA World Cup for Fiji and had introduce the fully domestic professional football league in Fiji.{{Cite web|last=FIFA.com|title=FIFA Council Members |url=https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/fifa-council/people/276209/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719223553/https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/fifa-council/people/276209/|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 July 2020|access-date=2020-09-23|website=www.fifa.com|language=en-GB}}
Award
Patel's commitment to the service of football development in the country led him to receive an award of a service worthy for a particular recognition the Medal of the Order of Fiji by President Jioji Konrote at the Investiture Ceremony at State House.{{Cite web|last=Fijivillage|title=Fiji Football Association President Rajesh Patel receives Medal of the Order of Fiji for developing the game|url=https://www.fijivillage.com/news/Fiji-Football-Association-President-Rajesh-Patel-receives-Medal-of-the-Order-of-Fiji-for-developing-the-game-29r5sk/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=www.fijivillage.com|language=en}}
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