Elkhan Mammadov (official)

Elkhan Mammadov
Born (1979-06-18) 18 June 1979
Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, USSR
Occupation General Secretary of Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
Predecessor Fuad Asadov
Children 2

Elkhan Mammadov is a General Secretary of Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA), Project Leader for UEFA EURO 2020 Baku Bid, Vice-President of UEFA Fair Play and Social Responsibility Committee, FIFA Fair Play and Social Responsibility Committee Member.[1]

Biography

Elkhan Mammadov was born in 1979 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Education

Mammadov received his bachelor degree in Business Administration and Corporate Management from American InterContinental University (London, UK) in 1999.

In 2011 Elkhan Mammadov participated in Football Clubs and Association’s Management Executive Training conducted by University of Liverpool. He also completed his postgraduate studies in Planning Management at University of Salford (Manchester, UK) in 2012.[1]

In 2014 Elkhan Mammadov graduated from The Executive Master in European Sport Governance (MESGO) programme, organized in cooperation with Sciences Po institute in Paris.[2]

Career

Worked as logistical operations controller’s assistant in Baku Investment Ltd in 1996-1997. Upon graduation from American InterContinental University, worked as Deputy Director at Natavan Business Centre and then, Managing Director at Natavan Company and Baku Investment Ltd. In 2000-2008.[3]

AFFA

Elkhan Mammadov became General Secretary of AFFA in July 2007. Currently, Mammadov also holds the title of Vice-President at UEFA Fair Play and Social Responsibility Committee (since 2008) and is a member of FIFA Fair Play and Social Responsibility Committee. He performed as UEFA Delegate during 2009-2012.

Mammadov was a member and a chairman of various bidding committees for Azerbaijan to host international sporting events. This includes, bidding for 2015 European Games, Baku 2020 Olympics and various large-scale football events. Under his chairmanship, Azerbaijan received the right to host 2012 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup, 2016 UEFA Under-17 European Championship and most lately, three group stage and one quarter-final matches of EURO 2020, that was announced by UEFA in September 2014.[1][4]

Upon taking office as AFFA General Secretary, Mammadov initiated reformation of Association structure – which resulted in such new departments as Registration and Statistics, Women’s Leagues, Information Technologies, and others – and facilitated adoption of AFFA startegy with three defined priorities: Education, Infrastructure and Grassroots.[5]

In 2013 AFFA received Women and Sport Achievement Diploma from International Olympic Committee for its contribution to the development and popularization of women's and girls' football.[6]

In 2014 AFFA together wth its partner, Bakcell, started cooperation with Manchester United Football Club: young football players receive a chance to train with coaches of one of the leading football clubs in the world.[7]

Mammadov was appointed for the third consecutive term as General Secretary by President Rovnag Abdullayev and Executive Committee at AFFA Congress in Spring 2016.[8]

In September 2016, AFFA adopted new development strategy “GROW 2020”, which highlights Association’s priorities until 2020/21 football season.[9]

On October 4, 2016 Elkhan Mammadov received a Leadership Award at “Leaders Under 40 Awards” event in London.[10]

Besides his native Azerbaijani, he is fluent in English, Russian and Turkish.

Married with two children.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Back of The Net". The Business Year. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  2. ↑ team, MESGO (2016-04-19). "Successful MESGO III participants graduated at UEFA headquarters". MESGO. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
  3. ↑ "Field of Play". The Business Year. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  4. ↑ UEFA.com. "Everything you need to know about UEFA EURO 2020 - UEFA EURO 2020 - News - UEFA.com". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  5. ↑ "Elkhan Mammadov - Leaders". Leaders. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  6. ↑ uefa.com (2013-12-18). "Development - News - Football development – UEFA.org". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  7. ↑ "Bakcell brings "Manchester United" Soccer School to Azerbaijan! - Bakcell". www.bakcell.com. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  8. ↑ "Meeting of the Executive Committee". www.affa.az. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  9. ↑ "Proqram layihəsi müzakirə olunub (fotolar)". www.affa.az. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  10. ↑ "Meet the Leadership Category - Leaders". Leaders. Retrieved 2016-11-11.

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