Eduardo Li

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Li and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

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]

Eduardo Li
Born	Eduardo Li Sánchez (1958-11-11) 11 November 1958 (age 66)[1] Puntarenas, Costa Rica

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]

In 2017 the FIFA suspended him for life.^[8][9]