ABID KHAN
Srinagar, Jan 2: The All India Football Federation has selected two young NIS coaches of the valley, Sajid Yusuf Dar and Hilal Ahmad Parray, for the B-level Asian Football Confederation coaching course scheduled to be held at Chennai from February 22nd to March 15. Asian Football Confederation licenseIt is for the first time that valley’s coaches would be taking part in the B-license course. After qualifying it, they would become the first coaches from state to get an Asian Federation Confederation B-license. The duo was recommended by J&K Football Association to AIFF for the course. They were the only coaches meeting the criteria set by the AIFF for B-level course. Two years back, both did the C-license course and have been active in coaching field.Sajid had secured first position in the C-license course held at Ludhiana in 2006 while Hilal had secured second place.Hailing the selection of the coaches, the JKFA general secretary, S A Hameed, said that it was a matter of pride for the state football. “The AIFF had sought the list of eligible candidates for course,” he said. “We’re happy the duo has made it to the selection.”Sajid Yusuf Dar belongs to the family of footballers which has given the state the names like Muhamad Yusuf Dar. Sajid got his diploma from the National Institute of Football, Patiala in 2003-2004. Soon after, he took various coaching assignments, training Kashmir University’s football team for the North Zone Inter-university championship held in the valley. His other assignments included training players of the JKFA and Sports Council. He was involved in the youth development football programs. Representing the state in two Santosh trophy tournaments, Sajid is currently coach of the KU’s football team. He is also involved with many private clubs like Iqbal Sports and Tyndale Biscoe School. He was also elected president of Dalgate Sports Fraternity. Hilal is also a qualified coach with an NIS diploma of 2003-2004. He has been a part of the JK Bank football team as assistant coach since 2004 and has played a major role in many wins such as Sikkim Gold Cup, II-Division National League, LG Cup and many other national and state level tournaments. He represented the state in two Santosh Trophy tournaments.To develop the level of football in India, the AIFF organizes different programs in collaboration with AFC and these license courses constitute are a part of the program. The course involves theory and practical training. B-license qualified coach is eligible to train national level teams.
published in greater kashmir on January 3 : link: http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=3_2_2009&ItemID=5&cat=4
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