Eduardo Li
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| Born | Eduardo Li Sánchez 11 November 1958[1] Puntarenas, Costa Rica |
Eduardo Li Sánchez (Chinese: 爱德华多·李·桑切斯; pinyin: Àidéhuáduō·lǐ·sāngqièsī, born 11 November 1958) is a Costa Rican football administrator, FIFA executive committee member-elect, CONCACAF executive committee member, and former Costa Rican Football Federation (FEDEFUT) president. He co-founded Puntarenas F.C. with Adrián Castro Velásquez in June 2004. His paternal Chinese grandfather immigrated to Costa Rica in 1920.[2]
Li is involved in the 2015 FIFA corruption case, and was arrested in May 2015 in Switzerland to face corruption charges in the US.[3] Li was banned by FIFA Ethics Committee.[4]
On 18 December 2015, he was extradited to the United States.[5]
In October 2016 Li pleaded guilty to three charges in the Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn. He admitted to have accepted more than $500,000 in bribes from different companies for television rights to Costa Rican football games for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Li was also charged with money laundering and wire fraud.[6][7]
