Worawi Makudi
{{Short description|Thai football president (born 1951)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Worawi Makudi
| native_name = วรวีร์ มะกูดี
| native_name_lang = th
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| image = Worawi Makudi 15.jpg
| caption = Worawi Makudi in 2015
| office = President of Football Association of Thailand
|term_start = 2007
|term_end = 12 October 2015
|predecessor = Vijit Ketkaew
|successor = Somyot Poompanmoung
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|11|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bangkok, Thailand
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|party = Prachachat Party
|otherparty = Pheu Thai Party (until 2018)
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| alma_mater = Kuwait University
| profession = Politician
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Worawi Makudi ({{langx|th|วรวีร์ มะกูดี}}) (born 29 November 1951), also referred in the media as Bung Yee ({{langx|th|บังยี}}, {{RTGS|Bang Yi}}){{Cite news |url=http://www.dailynews.co.th/sports/201651 |script-title=th:"บังยี" พ่ายยับ ! ชวด "ประธานเอเอฟซี"|publisher=Daily News (Thailand) |trans-title=""Bung Yee" loses AFC presidential election"|date=2013-05-02|accessdate=2014-08-28|language=th}}{{cite news |title=Bung Yee re-elected FAT head |date=17 October 2013 |newspaper=Thai PBS |url=http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/bung-yee-re-elected-fat-head/ |accessdate=28 August 2014}} is a Thai former football official.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/bodies/members/people=39285.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626094338/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/bodies/members/people=39285.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 26, 2011 |title=FIFA Executive Bodies : MAKUDI Worawi |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website=|publisher=FIFA |accessdate=13 November 2013}} He was a member of the FIFA Council from 1997 to 2015. He served as the Football Association of Thailand's General Secretary from 1996 to 2007, before being elected president in 2007.{{cite web|publisher=Reuters|title=Soccer-AFC presidential candidate Worawi Makudi |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer-afc-presidential-candidate-worawi-makudi-235913036.html |website=www.yahoo.com|accessdate=10 July 2013}}
Early life and career
Makudi is a member of the Thai Muslim minority.Jens Weinreich: [http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendungen/sport/1552945/ Millionen-Deals in der Fußballfamilie.] Deutschlandfunk, 13 September 2011. He attended Amnuay Silpa School, where he became interested in football and was recruited into the school team. He studied at the Kuwait University, financed by the government of Kuwait, and was selected to join the university's football team.
Makudi served as the Football Association of Thailand Secretary-General from 1996 to 2007, before being elected president in 2007. He was a member of FIFA Executive Committee from 1997 to 2015.
In 2021, Makudi became chairman of Thai League club Nakhon Ratchasima.{{cite web |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/sports/2183103/worawi-back-on-scene-as-nakhon-ratchasima-boss |title=Worawi back on scene as Nakhon Ratchasima boss |last1=Chittinand |first1=Tor |date=17 September 2021 |publisher=Bangkok Post |access-date=29 November 2021 |language=English}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/sports/2184411/swat-cats-greet-new-boss-worawi-with-win |title=Swat Cats greet new boss Worawi with win |date=20 September 2021 |publisher=Bangkok Post |access-date=29 November 2021 |language=English}}
Corruption allegations
In May 2011, Lord Triesman gave evidence in the British Parliament that Makudi had demanded the TV rights to a friendly between England and the Thai national team in return for voting for England to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.David Bond. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9481461.stm Triesman claims four Fifa members sought 2018 bribes] BBC Sport, 10 May 2011. This led to an inquiry set up by the Football Association, where Triesman repeated the allegation of corruption by referring to his parliamentary evidence. Makudi then tried to sue Triesman for libel, claiming that the allegations were not true and that his reputation had been tarnished.BBC. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/13398875 Worawi Makudi takes legal action against Lord Triesman] BBC Sport, 14 May 2011Owen Bowcott and Owen Gibson [https://www.theguardian.com/law/2013/oct/10/football-libel-case-parliamentary-privilege-triesman Football libel case could undermine parliamentary privilege, says MP] The Guardian 10 October 2013 However the case was dismissed on the grounds of abuse of process,[http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2013/142.html Dato Worawi Makudi v Baron Triesman of Tottenham in the London Borough of Haringey
Ban and overturn
In October 2015 Makudi was suspended by FIFA Ethics Committee from all football activities for 90 days.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/oct/12/fifa-worawi-makudi-thailand-suspended-90-days |title=Thailand FA president Worawi Makudi gets 90-day football suspension |last1=Conn |first1=David |date=2015-10-12 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2016-05-31}} In February 2016 he was banned by FIFA Disciplinary Committee for three months after it was found that he had breached the previous ban.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-fifa-makudi/fifa-says-thailands-makudi-banned-for-three-months-idUSKCN0VV13C |title=FIFA says Thailand's Makudi banned for three months |date=2016-02-22 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=2016-05-31}} In October 2016 Makudi was banned by FIFA Ethics Committee for five years and fined 10,000 Swiss Francs for forgery and falsification.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/soccer-fifa-makudi-ban-idINKCN12I1MY |title=Former Thai FA head Worawi banned from football for five years|date=2016-10-18 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=2016-10-19}}
Makudi successfully appealed the ban in 2018 and was overturned in 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11634730/former-thai-football-chief-worawi-makudi-has-fifa-ban-overturned-by-cas|title=Former Thai football chief Worawi Makudi has FIFA ban overturned by CAS|date=2019-02-11|work=Sky Sports}}
References
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