{"id":5477,"date":"2012-05-01T14:07:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T14:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5477"},"modified":"2012-05-01T14:07:06","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T14:07:06","slug":"aiffs-get-first-regional-academy-in-mumbai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5477","title":{"rendered":"AIFF gets first regional academy in Mumbai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/football\/aiff 23.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"U-15 boys at the Regional Academy in Navi Mumbai pose with Scott O\u2019Donell, Colm Toal, Savio Medeira and Aqeel Ansari at the Father Agnel School in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday (May 1)\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" style=\"float: left; border: 1px solid black; margin: 6px;\" \/>Navi Mumbai<\/strong>: It\u2019s kicked-off. The first <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=AIFF+Regional+Academy+&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=AIFF+Regional+Academy+&amp;sa=Search\">AIFF Regional Academy <\/a>in collaboration with FIFA kicked-off at the Father Agnel School premises in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday (May 1). Twenty U-15 boys including two goalkeepers will be a part of the Residential Academy at the School premises.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Scott+O%E2%80%99Donell&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Scott+O%E2%80%99Donell&amp;sa=Search\">Scott O\u2019Donell<\/a>, Technical Director, AIFF Regional and Elite Academies conducted the first training session which was more of \u201cfun than intensive training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s imperative that the boys settle down. Hence, we will stress on fun sessions for the first few days. Form thereon, we move into intense training,\u201d Scott, stressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Colm+Toal&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Colm+Toal&amp;sa=Search\">Colm Toal<\/a>, Head Coach Youth Development and National Team Coach <a href=\"search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Savio+Medeira&amp;sa=Search\" title=\"http:\/\/www.indiansportsnews.com\/search.html?cx=partner-pub-2004395898380537%3A5221044443&amp;cof=FORID%3A10&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=Savio+Medeira&amp;sa=Search\">Savio Medeira<\/a> were also part of the first training session.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Academies would provide the National Coach more options when he sits down to choose the Indian squad in the future,\u201d Toal maintained.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was long due,\u201d Savio commented. \u201cAll India Football Federation\u2019s effort is laudable indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das said: \u201cThe future of Indian football lies in the youth. This is AIFF\u2019s first Regional Academy and we stay committed to open more Regional Academies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe entire focus stays on creating World Class Players for the future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Father Saturnino Almeida, Managing Director of Father Agnel Schools who has been running from pillar to post to get everything in perfect shape, said \u201cthe Academy is all about the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a fantastic opportunity where two social institutions of India come together to serve the future of the country in Academies and Football,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former India International Aqeel Ansari stays the Assistant Coach at the Academy while Ms. Sonika Sudan has been appointed as the Physiotherapist. Shailesh Karkera will be the Academy Manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Navi Mumbai: It\u2019s kicked-off. The first AIFF Regional Academy in collaboration with FIFA kicked-off at the Father Agnel School premises in Navi Mumbai on Tuesday (May 1). Twenty U-15 boys including two goalkeepers will be a part of the Residential Academy at the School premises. \u00a0 Scott O\u2019Donell, Technical Director, AIFF Regional and Elite Academies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[4141,4143,1001,4142],"class_list":["post-5477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-latest","tag-aiff-regional-academy","tag-colm-toal","tag-savio-medeira","tag-scott-odonell"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AIFF gets first regional academy in Mumbai - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=5477\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AIFF gets first regional academy in Mumbai - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Navi Mumbai: It\u2019s kicked-off. 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