Indian National U-19 Football team with the officials of Indian Sports Centre during the ceremony.
Indian Sports Centre, an apex body of Indian Embassy, organized a felicitation function to honour the Indian National U-19 Football team visited Doha for participating in the friendly matches with Qatar and Ghraffa sports club U-19 football teams on 1-11-2017.
On behalf of the Indian community, Indian Ambassador, P. Kumaran, was the chief guest of the function and handed over the Mementos to the team Manager, Velu Dhayalamani, & Head Coach Luيs Maria Cabral Norton de Matos, a former Portuguese footballer who played as a forward, and is a current Head coach, Hugo Alexandre Santos Martins, Asst. Coach, Paulo Fernandes, GK Coachand physio, Sumedh Shashikant Desai & Sampath Babu and team captain, Sahil Panwar.
Nilangshu Dey, President of Indian Sports Centre, welcomed the team and highlighted the role of Indian Sports Centre to promote sports and games among the Indian community in Qatar, General Secretary Mohd Habibun Nabi was the MC and presented the vote of thanks.
Head Coach Mr. Hugo Alexandre admire the facilities available in Qatar for football and appreciated the Hospitality of Qatar Government (QFA) and extend his best wishes for 2022 world cup, said a release.
Ambassador cheered the Indian team for their performances in both the Matches played in Doha.
