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2016 – My end-of-the-year Instagram review

2016 - My end-of-the-year Instagram review

As an eventful year is coming to an end, I’m taking this time out to look back on the year I had in 2016.

2016 has been another year full of good and bad moments and I’m looking forward to 2017 which promises to await new ups and downs, challenges, moments of joy and much more.

Here’s my personal end-of-the-year CPD Football Instagram review…

1. The SpoBiS 2016 – Europe’s biggest sports business conference in Düsseldorf, Germany

2. Chris Punnakkattu Daniel and Arunava Chaudhuri at the Volksparkstadion, home of Bundesliga side Hamburger SV

3. A visit to the Real Madrid Foundation Clinics in Germany

4. Chris Punnakkattu Daniel and Fortuna Düsseldorf and Germany junior international Kevin Akpoguma

5. UEFA Women’s EURO 2017 Qualifier – Germany v Croatia

6. The Allianz Arena in Munich. Home of Bundesliga giants FC Bayern Munich.

7. A picture with the PIFA Mumbai kids after the “33. Internationales Sparkassen Pfingstfußballturnier der SG Hackenberg” in Remscheid, Germany.

8. Arunava Chaudhuri and myself at the Borussia Dortmund football school with PIFA Mumbai.

9. Chris Punnakkattu Daniel and iconic German football manager Reiner Calmund

10. Chris Punnakkattu Daniel and tennis star Rajeev Ram at the Gerry Weber Open 2016

11. Emirates promotion at the Gerry Weber Open 2016. Hello Tomorrow.

12. UEFA EURO 2016 in Paris, France

13. Canada and Atlético de Kolkata striker Iain Hume and Chris Punnakkattu Daniel at the World Football Forum 2016.

14. Premier League Worldwide presenter Seema Jaswal and Chris Punnakkattu Daniel at the World Football Forum 2016.

15. Iain Hume, Arunava Chaudhuri, Baljit Rihal and Chris Punnakkattu Daniel at the World Football Forum 2016.

16. Chris Punnakkattu Daniel and Arunava Chaudhuri at the Volkswagen Arena, home of Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg.

17. Chris Punnakkattu Daniel and 1. FC Köln striker Anthony Modeste.

18. Arunava Chaudhuri, Alemannia Aachen goalkeeper coach Lukas Wojciak and Chris Punnakkattu Daniel.

19. Chris Punnakkattu Daniel and Arunava Chaudhuri during a friendly match of the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 bound India U-16 national team.

20. A visit to German Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg.

21. A visit to the Arabian Gulf League match Al Nnasr SV v Al Ahli FC

22. Dubai Diaries

23. A visit to the Oktoberfest.

24. A visit to the German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV.

25. SPONSORs Clubmanager Summit 2016 at the BayArena in Leverkusen.

26. Clubmanager Summit group photo: Fortuna Düsseldorf team manager and former Bundesliga footballer Sascha Rösler, Chris Punnakkattu Daniel, former pro footballer Tom Moosmayer and Arunava Chaudhuri.

27. Indo-German Football Meeting: Chris Punnakkattu Daniel, Robin Dutt and Arunava Chaudhuri. A wonderful desi football connection since 2002.

28. Chris Punnakkattu Daniel and FC Bayern Munich and Germany Women’s national team defender Leonie Maier.

29. Chris Punnakkattu Daniel and FC Bayern Munich and Germany Women’s national team midfielder Sara Däbritz.