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Floyd Pinto names 25-member India U-20 squad for COTIF Tournament

India U-20 national team (Photo courtesy: AIFF Media)

The Indian U-20 National Team participating in the U-20 COTIF Tournament (Torneo Internacional de Fútbol Sub-20 de L’Alcúdia) will leave for Valenica, Spain on July 21, 2018.

The U-20 National team consists of boys who represented India in the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 and the U-19 National Team boys. The team will be playing friendly matches against local clubs on July 23 and July 25 before proceeding to the COTIF Tournament where they take on Argentina U-20, Venezuela U-20, Mauritania U-20 and Murcia U-20.

Furthermore, two players, midfielder Harmanpreet Singh and Jashandeep Singh out of twenty-three short listed players from the Khelo India Project that had appeared for trials at Indian Arrows in Goa have been selected into the final squad for the National Team and will be travelling to Spain as part of the reserves.

India U-20 Squad

Goalkeepers
Prabhsukhan Singh Gill, Vishal Dube, Sachin Suresh

Defenders
Boris Singh, Sahil Panwar, Anwar Ali, Sanjeev Stalin, Jitendra Singh, Ashis Rai, Deepak Tangri, Narendra, Sumit Rathi

Midfielders
Suresh Singh, Ninthoi Meetei, Amarjit Singh, Abhijit Sarkar, Jeakson Singh, Nongdamba Naorem, Rahul K.P, Harmanpreet Singh, Lalengmawia, Jashandeep Singh

Forwards
Rahim Ali, Aniket Jadhav, Aman Chetri

Officials
Floyd Pinto (Head Coach)

COTIF Tournament – India’s Fixtures

July 29: India U-20 vs Murcia U-20
July 31: India U-20 vs Mauritania U-20
August 03: India U-20 vs Venezuela U-20
August 05: India U-20 vs Argentina U-20

(AIFF Media)