IFB dock in with Boca Juniors to initiate nationwide football tourney

IFB Industries Ltd, one of India’s leading manufacturers of home appliances, has tied up with Argentine Football giants Boca Juniors to unearth talent from India. This is the first ever programme for both schools and colleges under a single banner and will attract participation from institutions all around the country. IFB Boca Juniors Football Champs is a unique event to look out for the next team of big and promising Indian football stars.

This Pan India tournament will travel to eight cities across the country namely – Chandigarh, New Delhi, Goa, Pune, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Kolkata and Shillong. At each venue, a separate tournament will be held for schools and Colleges. Winners from each leg will get a chance to play the coveted National finals at Goa.

During the tournament, a panel of scouts headed by Jamshid Nassiri will oversee the matches and select talented boys from each venue would get an opportunity to train with the Boca Juniors coaches in India for a period of 10 days. Post this training camp, the Boca Junior coaches will shortlist a team who will then travel to Buenos Aires, Argentina for further training and matches.

Chandigarh plays the first host to the tournament, begining the 3rd and 4th of December .The venue is Chandigarh Football Stadium, Sector 17 and it is being organized in association with the Chandigarh Football Association.

Clube Atletico Boca Juniors, the century old football powerhouse from Argentina which once used to be the breeding ground of International star football players like Diego Maradona, Carlos Tevez, Juan Roman Riquelme etc has been roped in as the Technical Partner for the project. Boca Juniors will provide coaches from their youth academy who shall train shortlisted kids and also host a final contingent from India for a week long training camp at their academy in Argentina.

The Boca Product Head commented on the partnership, “At Boca Juniors football club we have developed a curriculum where we aim to produce world class talent, our records speaks for themselves. We are glad to be associated with this project and to take our methodology to India and develop latent talent here. After opening the Boca Juniors Soccer Schools in India earlier this year, this will be our second initiative in the sub continent and we hope that through this program, talented boys are scouted who one day would go on to represent the national team.”

Jamshid Nassiri, former Iranian footballer, said, “I hope that through this program that IFB is undertaking in such a novel and wonderful manner, we can unearth some talented boys who would not only take up football as a profession but also make the country proud.”

This event is conceptualized and managed by High Life Management. “It has been our privilege to have partnered some of the best and famous names involved in football like Arsenal FC and Inter Milan and now club Atletico Boca Juniors. We have seen through our previous initiatives that some of selected boys have not only become bread earners of their respective families through football and have also represented top football academies, clubs and even the youth national team. Hope the tradition continues and we produce some top notch future stars for the country. ” commented Saurav Chatterjee the CEO and Director of High Life Management.

This event is powered by Italian Sportswear Manufacturers Lotto while Goal has come on board as the Online Media Partner.

source: Goal.com