File photograph of Igor Stimac.© AFP
The AIFF on Thursday stated that it’s going to appoint the brand new head coach of the nationwide males’s soccer group by the top of this month, insisting that the federation has obtained overwhelming curiosity from internationally for the vacant submit. The window for making use of for the place ended on Wednesday. The All India Soccer Federation (AIFF) has obtained a complete of 291 purposes from everywhere in the world. Out of this, 100 candidates have UEFA Professional License diplomas, whereas 20 maintain AFC Professional License diplomas and three have CONMEBOL licenses.
“We have now obtained an awesome response with a number of the marquee names having expressed their curiosity in India,” AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey stated in an announcement.
“We hope to onboard the candidate by finish July, to make sure India utilise the September FIFA window participation.
“As a subsequent step, our committee headed by AIFF Vice President Mr NA Haris (together with Committee Chairpersons of Technical, League, Competitions, Finance, Growth and the Treasurer) will evaluate the purposes, earlier than putting the choose checklist to the Govt Committee,” he added.
The place is mendacity vacant after the AIFF sacked Igor Stimac final month, terminating his contract within the wake of India’s ouster from FIFA World Cup Qualifiers regardless of getting a comparatively simple draw.
Stimac, who was appointed as the top coach in 2019, was in final October given an extension till 2026 by the game’s apex physique.
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