Career
He was formerly the president of the South Asian Football Federation and the vice president of Asian Football Confederation (AFC). He is also one of the five vice presidents of the Asian Football Federation(AFC), elected on 6 January 2011. Thapa is the younger brother of Kamal Thapa.
Before becoming the president of ANFA, Thapa was a national football player.
He also played in the Bangladesh team Started the already stopped ANFA Martyr"s Memorial A-Division League
Created ANFA Youth Academy
Gave special focus to youth football
Tried to make Nepali Football League system more professional
Number development for 2 decades (20 years).
Uncertainty of players future
Following the corruption case of Mohammed bin Hammam, The Associated Press revealed that Thapa received an illegal gift of $100,000 from Bin Hammam in 2009. The money was deposited into the personal bank account of Gaurav Thapa (Ganesh Thapa"s son).
Thapa later claimed that he borrowed the money for his personal use, and such a revelation would not tarnish the image of Nepal and Nepali football.
In November 2015 Fédération internationale de football association banned him for 10 years.