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Stanly Rozario conducts training at Sporting Clube de Goa

Stanly Rozario

Stanly Rozario

Former Indian national team assistant coach Stanly Rozario conducted a full practice session with the Sporting Clube de Goa senior team to fulfil the final module of his assessment as part of the AFC Pro Licence Course, at Don Bosco ground, Panjim recently.

Stanly is one of fourteen coaches completing the AFC Pro Licence Course, which started in July last year. It was conducted for the first time in India under national team coach Wim Koervermans and AIFF Technical Director Rob Baan.

Stanly who has coached Indian giants such as East Bengal Club and Mohun Bagan AC in the past thoroughly enjoyed coaching the Flaming Oranje players. “It is always nice to be coaching a team at the top level. The players understood all the instructions communicated to them,” stated Stanly. “They play a free flowing brand of football and a lot of this is attributed to their coach Oscar.”

The experienced Indian coach made a special mention of the young stars in the side. “There is a competitive environment here at SCG. The youngsters know that if they want to be break into the side then they have to be patient and work hard at every practice session. This is exactly what I witnessed today,” reasoned Stanly.

Sporting Goa head coach Oscar Bruzon congratulated Stanly on a job well done. “I was fully confident in handing over the reins to Stanly for the session as I knew the players would be in safe hands,” said Oscar.

Recently, AIFF Academy Technical Director and Head of Coach Education Scott O’Donnell also conducted a training session for Sporting Goa.

Sporting Clube de Goa President Peter Vaz wished the AFC Pro Licence candidates good luck. “On behalf of Sporting Clube de Goa I wish Scott, Stanly and all the other twelve participants who have taken part in the AFC Pro Licence all the best with the course which will be highly beneficial in taking Indian football forward, signed off Peter.