Mr. Tran Anh Tu (in black vest) and the Vietnamese team celebrate winning the 2024 ASEAN Cup - Photo: NGUYEN KHANH
Previously on March 12, Mr. Tran Anh Tu suddenly submitted a request to leave VFF for personal reasons. Currently, Mr. Tran Anh Tu is the VFF vice president in charge of professional matters. He is also the head of the VFF futsal department.
In addition, Mr. Tu is also the representative of VFF's shares and holds the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vietnam Professional Football Joint Stock Company (VPF). VFF is the largest shareholder, holding 35.4% of VPF's charter capital.
With the important position that Mr. Tu holds as well as his personal influence, his resignation has caused Vietnamese football to face a big shock. In case Mr. Tu does not change his decision, VFF will be forced to find a replacement.
VPF company must have a leader
At the 9th VFF Congress (term 2022 - 2026), Mr. Tran Anh Tu and Mr. Duong Nghiep Khoi were the two candidates for the position of VFF vice president in charge of professional affairs. But at the last minute, Mr. Khoi withdrew, and Mr. Tu won the election as the only candidate.
Mr. Duong Nghiep Khoi was then appointed by the VFF Executive Committee as VFF General Secretary, before resigning in November 2024.
Speaking to Tuoi Tre Online on March 13, a member of the VFF executive committee said: "We were very surprised when Mr. Tu asked to resign. Many members have contacted Mr. Tu in the hope that he will stay. If he insists on leaving, VPF Company must soon have someone to replace him as chairman.
If at VFF, the role of professional vice president cannot be found immediately, President Tran Quoc Tuan can hold the position concurrently because Mr. Tuan is very good at this. But at VPF Company, it is a different story, VPF organizes professional football tournaments in Vietnam and the season is entering a very fierce final stage. If VPF does not have someone with enough prestige, everything will be very complicated. The President of VPF cannot be a person from a football club or have a "soft" influence on the team.
The position of VFF Vice President requires not only a person who is knowledgeable about football but also has social prestige. That is why finding a candidate to replace Mr. Tu is not easy.
Mr. Tran Anh Tu at the 9th VFF Congress (term 2022-2026) - Photo: VFF
No potential faces yet
The VFF's current professional and development committee, in addition to Mr. Tran Anh Tu as head of the committee, also has deputy head Do Manh Dung, and three members: Tran Huy Duc, Ho Hong Thach and Nguyen Hong Thanh. However, these names are unlikely to be candidates to replace Mr. Tu.
The current list of members of the Board of Directors of VPF Company for the 2023-2026 term, in addition to Mr. Tu as chairman, includes the following vice chairmen: Mr. Nguyen Quoc Hoi (representative of the former Hanoi Football Club), Mr. Ho Hong Thach (representative of Becamex Binh Duong Club), Mr. Tran Quang Thuong (representative of Ha Tinh Club).
There are also 3 members of the board of directors: Mr. Nguyen Minh Ngoc (VPF general director, one of the three representatives of VFF's capital at VPF), Mr. Nguyen Minh Chau (VFF deputy general secretary, VFF's capital representative), Mr. Dinh Hong Vinh. However, a person from a club or having a close relationship with a football club is difficult to be approved by shareholders to sit in the VPF chairman's chair, because it is difficult to maintain objectivity.
In the immediate future, VPF can appoint a member of the board of directors in charge of VPF, before holding an extraordinary shareholders' meeting to choose a new person to replace Mr. Tran Anh Tu.
VFF holds extraordinary congress?
According to Clause 11, Article 33 of the VFF Charter (amended and supplemented) in 2023: If positions in the VFF Executive Committee are vacant, the congress will elect to fill the vacant positions according to regulations.
In addition, Clause 1, Article 37 (Dismissal, removal) also stipulates: The Congress dismisses, removes a position elected by the Congress upon the proposal of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee only has the right to temporarily dismiss, remove a position elected by the Congress until the Congress makes a decision.
If the next congress is an election congress, the removed individual may be a candidate for elected office (if he or she meets the criteria for the elected office) subject to the congress' decision on the removal prior to the election.
Therefore, it is not impossible that VFF will have to hold an extraordinary congress to select a new professional vice president to replace Mr. Tran Anh Tu.
The 9th VFF term (2022-2026) will not end until November 2026.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/ai-thay-pho-chu-tich-vff-tran-anh-tu-20250313141503493.htm
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