By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
08th August:- Vedanta Sesa Goa Iron Ore is committed to foster skill development
through sports and the Sesa Football academy (SFA) has been doing this since
its inception in 1999. In a step to bring in excellent coaching and take the academy
to greater heights, ‘Eduard Battle Basart’ will be leading the academy as the
Head Coach.
Eduard brings in
expertise of international level with his experience as Head Coach Barcelona
Football Academy, coaching Cyprus women first division players. He has also
been Former Coach in Manchester United and FC Barcelona Youth Academics. Eduard
was awarded the Best Coach Award for leading the Cyprus women first division
players.
Sharing his thoughts he
visited India 7 years back and fell in love with the place. India has lot of
talent in football and he wanted to come back to work with these talented
players. Sesa Football Academy is a legacy in itself, the players have immense
talent and potential. Together we hope to achieve great things.
Speaking on the occasion,
President of SFA, Annanya Agarwal said that we are very excited to have Eduard
on board. His expertise and coaching are very critical to our future plans. We
have found the right man to put our vision into action and we are confident
that Eduard shall be able to take the technical levels of our glorious academy
to higher standards.
On May 09th this
year, the multinational natural resources conglomerate, announced a strategic
roadmap to actively foster skill development in sports across the country. Sesa
Football Academy (SFA) has contributed immensely to the development of football
players in Goa and has now opened doors of the academy to develop budding
players in football from across the nation and Africa. The skill development
model that the company has adopted is to scout young talent and hone them in
the sport and equip them with sports related skills that could help carve
professionalism. 22 boys in the age group of 14–17 have been selected from Rajasthan, Punjab, Kerala, Manipur, Sikkim, Karnataka,
Maharashtra, Telangana and Zambia (where the Group has its operations), apart
from the 36 boys from Goa who are already being trained.
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