Windsor John

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Windsor Paul John

1961 (age 6061)
Kedah, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
OccupationFootball administrator


Datuk Seri Windsor John (born 1961) is a Malaysian football administrator. [1] [2] [3] [4]

In 2015, he was appointed as the Asian Football Confederation's Secretary General. [5] [6] [7] He replaced Alex Soosay, former Secretary General who has been suspended by the AFC. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

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