NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation has appointed former India international Abhishek Yadav as the national team director.
Yadav, who is AIFF’s director of Scouting and served as chief operating officer of the Indian U-17 World Cup squad, refreshed mandate is to oversee the development of the national teams and players across all age groups for both men and women, goal.com reports.
“Abhishek has done a fantastic job and now we have entrusted this responsibility on him. Obviously, he will be involved in the scouting of players across all age groups. His immediate role was to chart out a plan for the India Under-16 team, who have qualified for the AFC Under-16 Championship which will be held in Malaysia in September this year. Also the Arrows project will be overseen by him,” Das told Goal.
Yadav is also expected to launch a nationwide scouting project for all age groups thereby, providing opportunities to anyone who has talent to make it into the national team.
