Former International stars I.M.Vijayan, Joe Paul Anchery and many more for AFC B license
Former International stars I.M.Vijayan, Raman Vijayan, Jopaul Anchery, Tejinder Singh, Md. Yousuf Ansari, Noushad Moosa along with other National level players and AFC ‘C’ certificate holders Muralidharan.P, Shyam Sharan Shahi, S.Gangadhar, Bino George.C., Umer M Mutawalli, M. Elango, Arindam Biswas, K. Govindaraj, S.Sathyamurthi, Joseph Nirmal Raj, P. Rajeev, Agostinho Dias, Kundan Chandra, Aleckal Marcellus John, Sunil D Poojari, P.Krishnaraj, M.Sankar and Agostine Antao will participate in the AFC ‘B’ coaching certificate course to be held from 15th November to 6th December, 2009 at Hosur, Tamil Nadu under the guidance of Gabriel E Joseph the Director of Coaching, AIFF who is also an AFC’s senior instructor.
R.Thyagaraj who is also the AFC Instructor will be the Assistant Instructor. The course, besides football will also impart knowledge to the participants on allied topics such as Physiology, Energy system of the body, Diet and Nutrition, Psychology and IT/Technologies by guiding them for the use of interactive software and online soccer coaching programs to update them.
During the course there will be three practical examinations, two theoretical examinations and exposing the candidates for dissertation topics to give lecture for 15 minutes each. Further at the venue on 3rd and 4th December, Gabriel E Joseph will also be conducting re-tests for certain coaches placed as provisional pass for the AFC ‘A’ certificate courses earlier.
Source: AIFF
From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Tuesday 10 November 2009, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.