Former player Langam Chaoba Devi is set to take over as the national women’s football coach after the I M Vijayan-led AIFF technical committee recommended her name for the position on Wednesday.
The 51-year-old Devi, who captained the national side in the 1999 Asian Championships in Philippines, has earlier been an assistant coach of the Indian team. The Manipuri has also represented the country in the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games.
“After extensive deliberations, the committee recommended Ms. Langam Chaoba Devi as the head coach of the Indian senior women’s national team,” the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said in a statement.
Devi is the only female coach from the north-east region to have an AFC ‘A’ License coaching badge.
The recommendation is as good as an appointment given that the AIFF executive committee will approve it in its next meeting.
The technical committee meet, chaired by Vijayan, was held virtually and was attended by Pinky Bompal Magar, Shabbir Ali, Victor Amalraj, Santosh Singh, and Climax Lawrence.
Stay updated with the latest from IPL 2024, including top contenders for the IPL 2024 Orange Cap and IPL 2024 Purple Cap. Explore the complete IPL 2024 Schedule, IPL 2024 Points Table and players with the Most Sixes, Most Fours and Most Fifties in IPL 2024
Syed Sabir Pasha, the Technical Director of AIFF, was also present.
The committee also recommended Priya PV and Ronibala Chanu as the assistant and goalkeeping coaches respectively for the team.
All three coaches recommended by the Technical Committee did duty for the team during the Turkish Women’s Cup in Alanya, Turkey, in February this year.
The committee also discussed the appointments of the coaches for the men’s U-16 and U-19 teams. After going through the applications received, the committee recommended the following names:
U16 Men’s National Team
Head Coach: Ishfaq Ahmed, Assistant Coach: Yan Cheng Law, Goalkeeping Coach: Mohammed Zakeer Hussain
U19 Men’s National Team
Head Coach: Ranjan Chaudhuri, Goalkeeping Coach: Sandip Nandy.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed - PTI)Disclaimer: The copyright of this article belongs to the original author. Reposting this article is solely for the purpose of information dissemination and does not constitute any investment advice. If there is any infringement, please contact us immediately. We will make corrections or deletions as necessary. Thank you.
