New Delhi: Thomas Dennerby Sweden will be responsible for the head coach of the Senior Women of Indian women with direct effects, the Indian Football Federation (AIFF) announced on Friday.
The 62-year-old Dennerby, who was previously responsible for the U-17 Indian World Cup troops, has associated to help the team prepare for the AFC Cup, which will be hosted in the country starting January 20 to February 6, 2022.
“I accept.
Love to all Indian football federations to find me suitable for the job.
An honor to take over as coach of the national team of Indian women’s national team, “Dennerby, the Pro UEFA diploma holder, said in the release issued by AIFF.
“I’ve been in India and I’m aware of great potential.
This is a big challenge to prepare girls for the AFC Asian Cup.
Life is about challenges, and I enjoy it.” Dennerby has more than 30 years of experience in training several national teams with lots of success.
He has guided the Swedish national team to 3rd place in the FIFA World Cup in 2011, and a quarter-final place at the London 2012 Olympics.
He also served as head coach of the Nigerian Women’s National Team where he trained Super Falcons to the FIFA World Cup 2019.
He also helped Nigeria women win the 2018 AWCON Award, and was awarded the 2018 coach of this year in Nigeria.
“With his extensive experience, Thomas will bring the addition of great value to the women’s team.
He became acquainted with India and we look forward to him to improve our team technically, and competitively,” said Secretary General of Kushal Das.
Dennerby will, however, moved to take over Indian U-17 World Cup troops after the AFC Asian Cup ended in February 2022.
Until then, the U-17 girls would train under the amazing eyes of the assistant coach Alex Ambrose, who will Works in close coordination with Dennerby.
AIFF In consultation with Dennerby and relevant stakeholders have also put a composite calendar for the development of female football, which also targets a number of international exposure tours to the team that leads to the AFC Asian Cup.
However, all these plans “depend on materialization in the view of the current pandemic situation that applies throughout the world, limiting travel throughout the world.” With the Covid situation increasing in this country, AIFF also plans to host international tournaments for women in India soon.
“” At the domestic level, the senior national championship is planned to be held in November; While the possible window for the IWL hero is March / April 2022 in Bhubaneswar.
“AIFF said that Dennerby was clear that” it was not wise to allow the national team players to participate in the IWL hero before the Asian Cup in 2022, and therefore would be held after the Asian Cup.
“” Participation in both competitions will be given solely to players / staff who have received themselves fully vaccinated.
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