On the afternoon of April 16, the official notice from Honest Huadu said that Cen Yibin, former deputy secretary-general of the Guangdong Football Association and head of the Competition Department, was suspected of serious violations of the law and is currently under supervision and investigation by the Supervision Committee of Huadu District, Guangzhou. It is a suspense whether Cen Yibin's crime is related to the national football team's anti-corruption and anti-crime campaign, but one thing is for sure is that Cen Yibin's identity as the deputy secretary general of the Guangdong Football Association has made him the focus of heated discussions among domestic fans.
Cen Yibin, born in September 1969, is a native of Shunde City, Guangdong Province. He has been working hard in the field of football in Guangdong Province for a long time, and has served as Deputy Secretary-General of the Guangdong Football Association, Minister of Technology, Deputy Secretary-General of the Guangdong Football Association, Minister of Competition, in the field of football in Guangdong, he is still a well-known figure, he has left the football circle before, but he is still late, the latest official news: On April 16, 2024, he was suspected of serious violations of discipline and was investigated by the organization.
This news has not caused any big bubbles on the Internet, and fans ridiculed "I am used to seeing big fish, and small shrimps are ignored"! Searching for the name Cen Yibin on a social platform, there are few latest news, and the ones that can be popular are all in 2018 and 2019, the 2018 Wuchuan City Second University Football Tournament opened, Cen Yibin attended the event on the spot, and also delivered a speech! At the 2020 Guangdong Football Association General Election Ceremony, Cen Yibin is still the deputy secretary general of the Football Association.
At present, we don't know why Cen Yibin was arrested, but judging from his experience, he has worked in Guangdong football for a long time, and in recent years, Guangdong football can be said to have a lot of problems, and the youth field has exposed a lot of problem balls, and Guangdong football has gradually sunk in recent years, Shenzhen team disbanded, Guangzhou team relegated, Guangzhou city disbanded, and there are also clubs also suffering, Guangdong football problems, in addition to club management problems, there are also management problems of Guangdong Football Association and other departments.
Cen Yibin is not the first local football association leader to be arrested, there have been Chengdu City, Wuhan City and other football association leaders have been arrested, from such a number of negative incidents can be seen, that is, the corruption of Chinese football, not only the corruption of the Chinese Football Association, but also the corruption of the local Football Association, the interests of all parties involved are intertwined, which seriously corrupts the healthy development of Chinese football, and the anti-corruption and anti-gambling work of Chinese football can not only be carried out by the league and the Chinese Football Association, but also the local football association.
Fortunately, now the State General Administration of Sports and the new leader of the Football Association Song Kai have carried out relevant work, including hiring football social supervisors, expanding reporting channels and other work, in short, the overall development is good, but what kind of effect can it have, whether the reporting work can be implemented, this is the key, we expect the Chinese Football Association and local football associations to work together to strangle football corruption in the cradle.