IFCPF Board

IFCPF Board

Name:

Mr. Jan-Hein Evers

Date of Birth:

28/11/1962

Nationality:

The Netherlands (NED)

IFCPF Roles:

• President (Until 2024 General Assembly)
• Board Member

Major contributions to sport for athletes with an impairment:

• In the period 1987-2014: Physiotherapist, team manager of the Netherlands CP Football team
• Tournament director for several international CP Football tournaments

Professional Career:

• Founder and Owner of Z-Kwadrant - Management Consultancy in Healthcare and Sport
• Physiotherapist

Education:

• MBA - Radbou University Nijmegen

• Physiotherapy - Arnheim School for Physiotherapy

Awards and Achievements:

• Gold medals as Team Manager in Paralympic Games (1992 & 1996), World Championships (1990 & 1994) and European Championships (1991 & 1995)

Languages:

• Dutch
• English

Hobbies:

• Cycling
• Tenor saxophone

Name:

Mr. Sam Turner

Date of Birth:

28/11/1987

Nationality:

England (ENG)

IFCPF Roles:

• CEO / Secretary General (Appointed by the IFCPF Board)
• Board Member
• Management Team
• Technical Delegate
• Course Tutor

Major contributions to sport for athletes with an impairment:

• Developed the adapted sport of Frame Football
• Development of Skate Soccer

Professional Career:

• IFCPF CEO / Secretary General

Education:

• MSc Sport Business and Leadership - Loughborough University London
• PGc Sport Management - University of London International Programmes & World Academy of Sport
• BA Management - University of Sheffield

Other Roles and Volunteer positions:

• Co-founder and Trustee - Para Football
• Non-Executive Director and Inclusion Advisory Group Chair - Leicestershire and Rutland County FA
• Learning Disability and Sport Tutor - Mencap
• Associate Lecturer - University of Derby

Awards and Achievements:

• Tournament Manager of inaugral 2015 IFCPF CP Football World Championships U19
• Event Director of 2018 CPISRA World Games

Languages:

• English

Name:

Ms. Anne Doe

Date of Birth:

07/07/1952

Nationality:

Ghana (GHA)

IFCPF Roles:

• IFCPF Member at Large - Africa (Until 2024 General Assembly)
• Board Member

Major contributions to sport for athletes with an impairment:

• Developed Blind Football in Ghana
• Developed Amputee Football in Ghana
• Developed Deaf Football in Ghana
• Introduced Blind swimming/cycling in Ghana
• Contributed in the formation of Goalball
• Assisted in the formation of wheelchair racing and para Athletics in Ghana

Professional Career:

• Natural Physiotherapist/ Massage

Education:

• Vocational Training in Dressmaking
• Certificate in Tourism ( Ghana Tourist Board)
• Diploma in Natural Therapy/Alternative Medicine ( Massage Therapy) Association of Natural Therapy,Accra Ghana.

Awards and Achievements:

• Best caring mother/Guide for athletes in Greece, Paralympic Games in 2004
• Best Disability sports organizer - MTN Foundation Ghana

Languages:

• English
• Ewe
• Hausa
• Akan

Hobbies:

• Reading
• Cooking
• Traveling

Name

Mr. Jim Moorhouse

Date of Birth:

27/01/1967

Nationality:

United States of America (USA)

IFCPF Roles:

• IFCPF Member at Large - Americas (Until 2024 General Assembly)
• Board Member

Major contributions to sport for athletes with an impairment:

• Working closely on expanding opportunities and profile for U.S. Paralympic National Team

Professional Career:

• US Soccer Director of Youth National Team Admin
• 30 years in professional soccer in the USA, growing the sport at the club, league & international level

Education:

• Journalism - San Diego State University

Awards and Achievements:

• Inaugural Public Relations Executive of the Year in MLS (1996)

Languages:

• English

Name:

Iyoko Jin

Date of Birth:

27/04/1970

Nationality:

Japan (JPN)

IFCPF Roles:

• IFCPF Member at Large - Asia-Oceania (Until 2024 General Assembly)
• Board Member

Major contributions to sport for athletes with an impairment:

• CP national football team manager from 2002 to 2011.

• Organizing CP Football club with approximately 60 players.

• Organizing football training program for special needs children.

Professional Career:

• Disability services manager

• Job coach for the people with disabilities

• Career Counselor

• Intermediate-Level Para-Sports Instructor(certified by the Japanese Para-Sports Association)

Education:

• Sociology, Kanto-Gakuin University

Languages:

• Japanese
• English

Hobbies:

• Hiking
• Travelling

Name:

Mr. Ivan Potekhin

Date of Birth:

08/04./1981

Nationality:

Russia (RUS)

IFCPF Roles:

• IFCPF Athletes' Representative
• Board Member
• IFCPF Technical Committee

Professional Career:

• 2019 – Specialist of the Russian Paralympic Comittee

• 2002-2018 - player of the Russian national CP Football team

Education:

• Polytechnic University

• Russian International Olympic University

Other Roles and Volunteer positions:

• IFCPF Technical Committee

Awards and Achievements:

• Paralympic games - CP Football

  • Athens 2004 - Bronze Medal

  • Beijing 2008 - Silver Medal

  • London 2012 - Gold Medal

• CP Football World Championships

  • Brazil 2007 - Gold Medal

  • Netherlands 2011 - Gold Medal

  • England 2015 - Gold Medal

Languages:

• Russian
• English

Hobbies:

• Reading books

Name

Dr. Annathurai Ranganathan

Date of Birth:

01/05/1960

Nationality:

Malaysia (MAS)

IFCPF Roles:

• IFCPF Co-opted Member (Until 2024 General Assembly)
• Board Member

Professional Career:

• Head of Corporate Social Responsibility - Asian Football Confederation