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. (More Football News)
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 o𒁏nly female coach from the north-east region to have an AFC 'A' L𒅌icense coaching badge.
The recommendat🌼ion 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 A𒈔li, Victor Amalraj, Santosh Singh, and Climax Lawrence.
Sy🧸ed Sabir Pasha, the Technical Director of๊ 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 Technicalꦓ 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 a🐠nd 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, Goa꧙lkeeping Coach: Mohammed Zakeer Hussain
U19 Men’s National Team:
Head Coach: Ranjan꧂ Chaudhuri, Goalkeeping Coach: Sandip🏅 Nandy.
