Santosh Kashyap appointed new head coach of Indian girls’s soccer staff

File photograph of Santosh Kashyap.
| Photograph Credit score: Biswaranjan Rout

All India Soccer Federation (AIFF) on Monday appointed Santosh Kashyap as the brand new head coach of the nationwide senior girls’s staff, changing former worldwide participant Chaoba Devi on the helm of affairs.

Kashyap’s first task would be the SAFF Ladies’s Championships to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from October 17 to 30.

A 29-member squad will camp in Goa from September 20 in preparation for the championships.

A former India worldwide, Kashyap has nearly a decade of teaching expertise within the I-League, managing golf equipment like Mohun Bagan, Aizawl FC and Mumbai FC amongst others.

The 58-year-old has additionally been the assistant coach of NorthEast United FC, and most lately of Odisha FC, within the Indian Tremendous League.

Kashyap can have Priya PV as his assistant coach and Raghuvir Pravin Khanolkar because the goalkeeper coach.

“Teaching the Nationwide Group is all the time an honour. I’m grateful to the AIFF President, Shri Kalyan Chaubey, the technical committee, the technical division and different senior members of the federation for offering me the chance to educate the senior nationwide girls’s staff,” Kashyap mentioned in an AIFF launch.

“I’ve full religion within the present set of gamers within the staff. They’re all brilliant gamers. However what we require to enhance is technically. I’m assured that I may give the wanted enter to the staff members through the nationwide camp.” Speaking in regards to the SAFF Ladies’s Championships, he mentioned, “I’m conscious that our outcome within the earlier SAFF Championship did not meet the expectations. However this time, with the fitting techniques, strategy and decision-making potential, we are able to regain the title.

“Soccer has turn out to be a particularly aggressive sport, particularly on the worldwide degree. So, we shouldn’t take any staff calmly.

“SAFF is simply step one. Thereafter, I’ve a much bigger plan in thoughts. I’m positive, this staff is able to delivering the products.” Listing of 29 gamers for the Indian senior girls’s staff camp in Goa: Goalkeepers: Elangbam Panthoi Chanu, Moirangthem Monalisha Devi, Payal Ramesh Basude.

Defenders: Aruna Bag, Dalima Chhibber, Jabamani Tudu, Juli Kishan, Loitongbam Ashalata Devi, Mousumi Murmu, Ngangbam Sweety Devi, Sanju, Sorokhaibam Ranjana Chanu, Wangkhem Linthoingambi Devi, Yumlembam Pakpi Devi.

Midfielders: Anjana Thapa, Anju Tamang, Dangmei Grace, Hemam Shilky Devi, Karishma Purushottam Shirvoikar, Karthika Angamuthu, Manisha, Naorem Priyangka Devi, Nongmaithem Ratanbala Devi, Sangita Basfore, Soumya Guguloth.

Forwards: Jyoti, Ngangom Bala Devi, Rimpa Haldar, Sandhiya Ranganathan.