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AIFF Election List: Legends of the 70s and 80s prepare to ‘return’ on different pitches | Football news
NEW DELHI: They enchanted all and sundry with their skill and ‘certainty’ in the vibrant Indian club football days of the 1970s and 1980s but former national captains like Shabbir Ali, Manoranjan Bhattacharya There will be a much bigger task in the coming days.
Their prudence will determine the progress in which the Indian football system ranks, after more than a decade long ‘One performer’ at the helm of affairs which does more harm than good for domestic games.
Two and 34 other prominent internationals of their time are now part of an exclusive list of voters to elect the next governing body of the All India Football Confederation (AIFF) with an imminent FIFA big ban.
There are 24 male and 12 female former Indian footballers who were included in the initial list of 67 voters for the August 28 election by order of the Supreme Court.
It has some of the biggest names, including former Indian captains such as Bhaichung Bhutia, IM Vijayan, Mauricio Alphonso, Climax Lawrence, Prasun Banerjee, Biswajit Bhattacharya, Bruno Coutinho, Oinam Bembem Devi, the only Padma Shree recipient. among female players in India.
As a rule, an ‘excellent player’ must have played at least two games for India and must retire two years before the election.
The Electoral College announcement also excludes a major politician running for the AIFF presidency. Former sports minister and incumbent trade union minister Sarbananda Sonowal named as the presidential candidate.
Assam Football Association President Naba Kumar Doley, who is also BJP MLA in the state, is in the electorate and so is Shaji Prabhakaran, Delhi Football Director.
Any person who is a member of the Electoral College and an Indian citizen can fight for the position of AIFF president.
These All India Football Confederation elections are being held as world governing body FIFA threatens to ban India and strip India of its right to host the under-17 women’s World Cup because of “third party interference” father”.
FIFA also expressed displeasure over the inclusion of 36 players on the electoral roll – equal to the number of representatives from state associations, calling the move “inconsiderate”.
However, the three-member Governing Body (CoA), which governs football in the country, is conducting the elections. It has appointed a return officer who prepares the electoral college.
Candidates can submit nomination papers between August 17 and 19 and have them delivered to the return officer in person or by post.
The sport ministry, CoA and Fifa are holding discussions on the decisive shape of the AIFF constitution.
Shabbir Ali and Manoranjan Bhattacharya, offensive and defensive members of the Indian team in the 70s and 80s, started their careers four and eight years after India’s last medal at the Asian Games – bronze in the year. 1970 in Bangkok.
Midfielder Prasanta Banerjee, is said to be the first Indian player to earn Rs 10,000 in a season, and the nimble-footed Babu Mani has appeared in the Electoral College as well as their former teammate Biswajit Bhattacharya, who scored The only goal for India in the 1984 Nehru Cup against Poland.
Former national team captain and goalkeeper Atanu Bhattacharya, who made the Asian All-Star squad, is another big name on the list. Others include Aloke Mukherjee, Brahmanand, Tarun Dey and Parminder Singh.
They created the wall of the Indian team at the 1984 AFC Asian Cup.
If half of the 24 ex-players are from the old generation, the other half are from the 90s starting with IM Vijayan and Bhaichung Bhutia, who were descendants of Indian football until recently before Sunil Chhetri took over them.
Other former players of Bhutia’s generation on the shortlist include Renedy Singh, Deepak Mondal, Climax Lawrence, Surkumar Singh, Gouramangi Singh, Syed Rahim Nabi, NP Pradeep and others.
Joe Paul Ancheri and Bruno Coutinho are among those of Vijayan’s generation, who are several years older than those under Bhutia’s captaincy.
Former India captain and current national team assistant coach S Venkatesh have not been included in the list due to a “conflict of interest due to being on the AIFF pay list”. Similar is the case of former India defender Mahesh Gawli, who is on the support staff of Indian Arrows.
Former winger Steven Dias is also not on the list due to the “difference” in the number of matches.
Incidentally, out of 12 former female soccer players, 7 are from Manipur. With three players on the men’s roster, the tiny northeastern state has 10 out of 36 celebrity players, almost a third of the total.
Bengal has 11 members out of 24 famous male tennis players.
Among the state association representatives, veteran administrators Subrata Dutta – from the Football Association of India (West Bengal) and nomination by Larsing Ming (Meghalaya) were taken by the returning officer of the poll, Umesh Sinha refused.
The duo have been on the AIFF executive committee for three terms, making them ineligible to run for any positions for further matches, under a provision in the National Sports Code.
Dutta served as AIFF’s senior vice president during the ouster of President Praful Patel.
Their prudence will determine the progress in which the Indian football system ranks, after more than a decade long ‘One performer’ at the helm of affairs which does more harm than good for domestic games.
Two and 34 other prominent internationals of their time are now part of an exclusive list of voters to elect the next governing body of the All India Football Confederation (AIFF) with an imminent FIFA big ban.
There are 24 male and 12 female former Indian footballers who were included in the initial list of 67 voters for the August 28 election by order of the Supreme Court.
It has some of the biggest names, including former Indian captains such as Bhaichung Bhutia, IM Vijayan, Mauricio Alphonso, Climax Lawrence, Prasun Banerjee, Biswajit Bhattacharya, Bruno Coutinho, Oinam Bembem Devi, the only Padma Shree recipient. among female players in India.
As a rule, an ‘excellent player’ must have played at least two games for India and must retire two years before the election.
The Electoral College announcement also excludes a major politician running for the AIFF presidency. Former sports minister and incumbent trade union minister Sarbananda Sonowal named as the presidential candidate.
Assam Football Association President Naba Kumar Doley, who is also BJP MLA in the state, is in the electorate and so is Shaji Prabhakaran, Delhi Football Director.
Any person who is a member of the Electoral College and an Indian citizen can fight for the position of AIFF president.
These All India Football Confederation elections are being held as world governing body FIFA threatens to ban India and strip India of its right to host the under-17 women’s World Cup because of “third party interference” father”.
FIFA also expressed displeasure over the inclusion of 36 players on the electoral roll – equal to the number of representatives from state associations, calling the move “inconsiderate”.
However, the three-member Governing Body (CoA), which governs football in the country, is conducting the elections. It has appointed a return officer who prepares the electoral college.
Candidates can submit nomination papers between August 17 and 19 and have them delivered to the return officer in person or by post.
The sport ministry, CoA and Fifa are holding discussions on the decisive shape of the AIFF constitution.
Shabbir Ali and Manoranjan Bhattacharya, offensive and defensive members of the Indian team in the 70s and 80s, started their careers four and eight years after India’s last medal at the Asian Games – bronze in the year. 1970 in Bangkok.
Midfielder Prasanta Banerjee, is said to be the first Indian player to earn Rs 10,000 in a season, and the nimble-footed Babu Mani has appeared in the Electoral College as well as their former teammate Biswajit Bhattacharya, who scored The only goal for India in the 1984 Nehru Cup against Poland.
Former national team captain and goalkeeper Atanu Bhattacharya, who made the Asian All-Star squad, is another big name on the list. Others include Aloke Mukherjee, Brahmanand, Tarun Dey and Parminder Singh.
They created the wall of the Indian team at the 1984 AFC Asian Cup.
If half of the 24 ex-players are from the old generation, the other half are from the 90s starting with IM Vijayan and Bhaichung Bhutia, who were descendants of Indian football until recently before Sunil Chhetri took over them.
Other former players of Bhutia’s generation on the shortlist include Renedy Singh, Deepak Mondal, Climax Lawrence, Surkumar Singh, Gouramangi Singh, Syed Rahim Nabi, NP Pradeep and others.
Joe Paul Ancheri and Bruno Coutinho are among those of Vijayan’s generation, who are several years older than those under Bhutia’s captaincy.
Former India captain and current national team assistant coach S Venkatesh have not been included in the list due to a “conflict of interest due to being on the AIFF pay list”. Similar is the case of former India defender Mahesh Gawli, who is on the support staff of Indian Arrows.
Former winger Steven Dias is also not on the list due to the “difference” in the number of matches.
Incidentally, out of 12 former female soccer players, 7 are from Manipur. With three players on the men’s roster, the tiny northeastern state has 10 out of 36 celebrity players, almost a third of the total.
Bengal has 11 members out of 24 famous male tennis players.
Among the state association representatives, veteran administrators Subrata Dutta – from the Football Association of India (West Bengal) and nomination by Larsing Ming (Meghalaya) were taken by the returning officer of the poll, Umesh Sinha refused.
The duo have been on the AIFF executive committee for three terms, making them ineligible to run for any positions for further matches, under a provision in the National Sports Code.
Dutta served as AIFF’s senior vice president during the ouster of President Praful Patel.
