NEW DELHI: In an effort to bring in some professionalism into Indian football, the Asian Football Confederation has invited 10 I-League club managers
at its general manager seminar scheduled to be held at Kuala Lumpur from October 28 to 29.
The Asian body has long been keen to upgrade football administration in India and, particularly the showpiece I-League, which kicked off this season with the motto of becoming 'a complete professional event'.
But it was only after AFC adopted a tough stand that the clubs began fulfilling some of the AFC's pro-league criteria. According to AFC, a club has to have proper commercial and legal entities before it can be allowed to participate in the AFC Champions League.
"This seminar would definitely be an eye-opener for us. It's important if we want to develop the game in India. We have to understand how to run a club on professional lines," Mumbai FC manager Henry Menezes told TOI on Sunday.
The presence of Paul Barbar, executive director of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, will be an added attraction. Barbar, who had visited India last month and even had talks with AIFF on a possible development programme, will talk on how to manage a pro club.
Besides the Englishman, the AFC pro-league deputy chairman Tokuaki Suzuki will explain the objectives and activities of AFC professional league project and how a general manager should function.
"Definitely, it (seminar) will increase our knowledge on how to work with a pro club," said JCT coach Sukhwinder Singh.
The AFC hopes to raise the level of general managers in Asia and then aims to increase the professionalism of the personnel who are managing the clubs in AFC Champions League scheduled for next year.
Besides India, representatives from Australia, China, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Qatar, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, UAE, Uzbekistan and Vietnam will also be present at the seminar.
The following I-League club managers will attend the seminar:
Henry Menezes (Mumbai FC), R Natarajan (Mahindra United), Cyrus Confectioner (Mohammedan Sporting), Prince Rufus (Mohun Bagan), Kalyan Mazumder (East Bengal), Siddartha Bhattacharyya (United FC), VG Fernandes (Sporting Clube), Sukhwinder Singh (JCT), Francisco D'Souza (Vasco) and Jose Custodio (Dempo).
Source:Timesofindia.com
at its general manager seminar scheduled to be held at Kuala Lumpur from October 28 to 29.
The Asian body has long been keen to upgrade football administration in India and, particularly the showpiece I-League, which kicked off this season with the motto of becoming 'a complete professional event'.
But it was only after AFC adopted a tough stand that the clubs began fulfilling some of the AFC's pro-league criteria. According to AFC, a club has to have proper commercial and legal entities before it can be allowed to participate in the AFC Champions League.
"This seminar would definitely be an eye-opener for us. It's important if we want to develop the game in India. We have to understand how to run a club on professional lines," Mumbai FC manager Henry Menezes told TOI on Sunday.
The presence of Paul Barbar, executive director of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, will be an added attraction. Barbar, who had visited India last month and even had talks with AIFF on a possible development programme, will talk on how to manage a pro club.
Besides the Englishman, the AFC pro-league deputy chairman Tokuaki Suzuki will explain the objectives and activities of AFC professional league project and how a general manager should function.
"Definitely, it (seminar) will increase our knowledge on how to work with a pro club," said JCT coach Sukhwinder Singh.
The AFC hopes to raise the level of general managers in Asia and then aims to increase the professionalism of the personnel who are managing the clubs in AFC Champions League scheduled for next year.
Besides India, representatives from Australia, China, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Qatar, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, UAE, Uzbekistan and Vietnam will also be present at the seminar.
The following I-League club managers will attend the seminar:
Henry Menezes (Mumbai FC), R Natarajan (Mahindra United), Cyrus Confectioner (Mohammedan Sporting), Prince Rufus (Mohun Bagan), Kalyan Mazumder (East Bengal), Siddartha Bhattacharyya (United FC), VG Fernandes (Sporting Clube), Sukhwinder Singh (JCT), Francisco D'Souza (Vasco) and Jose Custodio (Dempo).
Source:Timesofindia.com
