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New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Wednesday appointed Luis Norton de Matos as the head coach of the Indian squad for the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup.<\/p>\nNew Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Wednesday appointed Luis Norton de Matos as the head coach of the Indian squad for the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup.<\/p>\n
Matos, who met the AIFF advisory committee including representatives from Sports Authority of India (SAI), flew to Mumbai on Tuesday to meet AIFF President Praful Patel.<\/p>\n
“It’s nice to have Mr. Matos on board. His experience of handling youth Teams will come in handy for the U-17 boys as we wish to leave no stone unturned to field a competitive team in the U-17 World Cup,” AIFF President Patel said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“I expect him to guide our boys to put up a strong performance in the World Cup.”<\/p>\n
De Matos has worked as a manager with several clubs in his native Portugal and was also the head coach of the Guinea-Bissau national team from 2010 to 2012.<\/p>\n
“My role will be to orchestrate everything wherein the players will be playing their part. I admire the AIFF’s vision and the U-17 World Cup will act as a base for development of Football in India. The players need to believe in themselves to do something special for the country,” the 63-year old said.<\/p>\n
“I do have an Indian connection as my great grandfather was born in Goa. I will retain the positives of the last two years as we move forward.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Wednesday appointed Luis Norton de Matos as the head coach of the Indian squad for the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup.<\/p>\n
Matos, who met the AIFF advisory committee including representatives from Sports Authority of India (SAI), flew to Mumbai on Tuesday to meet AIFF President Praful Patel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[467,973,10944,12975,466,21635],"class_list":["post-33736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-aiff","tag-all-india-football-federation","tag-fifa-u-17-world-cup","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-luis-norton-de-matos"],"yoast_head":"\n