The India U13 boys National Team camp which started on March 20, 2009, at the JRD TATA Sports Complex in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, is coming to a close. The Camp will terminate on 13th May, 2009 with the team ready to fly to play in AFC Under 13 Football Festival, Iran from 17th to 23rd May.
The boys are undergoing their training under the Tamil Nadu coach CM Ranjith with former Indian internationals Carlton Chapman and Jo Paul Anchery as his assistants and Feroz Sherrif as the goalkeeping Coach.
Apart from the the Coaching Staff, the squad has 3 Kerala boys in Anis K, Ruthin Aldrin and Hanan Javed NK.
Besides the football festival, there will be skills contests and learning courses for the coaches.
The Squad:
Goalkeepers:
Rungsung (Manipur), Vivek Yadav (Uttar Pradesh), Sikander Ali Khan (Uttar Pradesh), Santosh Kushwaha (Madhya Pradesh)
Defenders:
Myron S Mendes (Goa), Anis K (Kerala), Calvin Christopher Lobo (Maharashtra), Manraj Singh (Punjab), M Jimmy Singh (Manipur), Rajat Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Mohammed Sajid (Chandigarh), Yogesh Kumar (Delhi), Ishan A Atit (Gujarat), Shubham Rawat (Uttarakhand), Gourab Aich (West Bengal)
Midfielders:
Joel J Fernandes (Goa), Ruthin Aldrin (Kerala), Hussain H Vanavaty (Maharahstra), Garmanpreet Singh (Punjab), Harmanjot Singh (Punjab), N Herojit Singh (Manipur), Kartikeya Swarup (Uttar Pradesh), Lalkroshlua (Mizoram), L Vanneithluuamamga (Mizoram), Sahib Takkar (Delhi), Manimaran R (Karnataka), Asif Ali (Jharkhand), Sidharth Mukhi (Jharkhand), Raj Samad (Jharkhand), Hirak Jyoti Moran (Assam)
Forwards:
Hanan Javed NK (Kerala), Aaramann Permmet Sethi (Maharashtra), N Bidyanand Singh (Assam), Vikrant Bhati (Delhi), Nitin Singh (Uttarakhand), Jalal Ahamed (West Bengal), Alen Deory (Assam)
Officials:
CM Ranjith (Coach), Carlton Chapman (Assistant Coach), Jo Paul Anchery (Assistant Coach), Feroz Sherrif (Goalkeeping Coach)
From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Tuesday 12 May 2009, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.