After years of impeccable service to the Indian Men’s Senior National Team including being a part of India’s campaign in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup – Doha, along with representing a host of illustrious clubs across the country, Mehrajuddin Wadoo decided to hang up his playing boots, and put on …
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In a recent in-depth interview, UEFA talked to two participants of the 2019-21 UEFA coach mentor programme – Joseph Montemurro and Renée Slegers – about the benefits of the programme from the perspective of both mentor and mentee. What is the UEFA coach mentor programme? After a successful pilot programme …
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After successfully conducting online refresher courses for the AFC ‘C’ License, Futsal Level 1 and Goalkeeping Level 1 coaches over the last few months, the All India Football Federation has now planned an online refresher course for AFC ‘B’ Licensed coaches. The first online refresher course for coaches with AFC …
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Coaches from four different Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Member Associations completed their first step towards gaining the region’s highest coaching qualification at the OFC/NZF A Licence Coaching Course between January 24-30. Held in Palmerston North, 22 New Zealand-based coaches and six others from Papua New Guinea, Fiji and the Solomon …
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The Irish FA Foundation’s female-only coaching courses are proving to be extremely popular across Northern Ireland. Last year saw the biggest uptake to date for courses where only women and girls take part. Five female-only national coaching certificate (NCC) courses were staged – a new record. In the early part …
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Seventeen coaches from the Solomon Islands took the first step towards earning their OFC Senior C Licence qualification last month, taking part in a five-day coaching course in Honiara. The course involved theoretical and practical sessions delivered by the Solomon Islands Football Federation technical department, led by Technical Director Moses …
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The All India Football Federation will be organising 2 online refresher courses for coaches with AFC/AIFF ‘C’ Diploma. The course will consist of the following topics: Coaching Styles, Shadow Play, importance of Small-Sided-Games (SSG) in Modern Football, Analysing The Game and Football Periodisation. The two courses will be conducted between …
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FIFA has announced the finalists for The Best FIFA Women’s Coach and The Best FIFA Men’s Coach awards. The final three nominees for The Best FIFA Women’s Coach are (in alphabetical order): Lluís Cortés (Spain / FC Barcelona) Emma Hayes (England / Chelsea FC Women) Sarina Wiegman (Netherlands / Dutch …
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As XtraTime reports, Indian coach Francisco Bruto da Costa is working currently as assistant coach of Egypt under renowned coach Carlos Quiroz.
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The All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) and the Mongolian Football Federation (MFF) have become the latest Member Associations (MA) to be awarded B Level membership in the AFC Coaching Convention for their long-term commitment towards improving coach education in their respective countries. Theory and practical sessions were held via Zoom …
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