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India On Track establishes international football development program

India On Track establishes international football development program
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Published: 10 Sep 2020 5:27 AM GMT

India On Track in association with Portuguese football club GD Estoril Praia has established International Football Development (IFD) programme, a football training programme to provide opportunities for participation and individual development in Europe to young aspiring footballers in India. The high end academy based in Lisbon offers a best-in-class coaching curriculum focusing on all round technical, tactical and physical aspects of a player’s development.

IOT strives to enroll highly motivated male and female footballers who share a common goal – to obtain a premier education and elite football training through a robust and competitive program. The IFD programme achieves success through an intense training and competition schedule. Its superb sport performance facility guarantees student-athletes have the opportunity to develop throughout the entire calendar year.

As a sports management company, it has been our endeavor to orchestrate the best global strategic partnerships in sports that not only benefits individuals, but also the sporting ecosystem in India. Through the current programme, we are planning to build a development model that integrates a strong football curriculum at one of the best youth football clubs in Europe, including state-of-the-art training ground, equipment, well maintained facilities under the guidance of Pro UEFA qualified coaches to develop the highest potential in every player “said Mr. Vivek Sethia, CEO India On Track.

The programme is headed by Hugo Leal, a reputed Portuguese International player who also spearheads the youth development programme at Estoril. His visionary leadership and passion for the holistic development of young players positively influenced IOT's tie-up with Estoril. A former international player, Hugo has played for clubs such as Porto, PSG and Benfica apart from his home club Estoril.

I am privileged to be spearheading this amazing program which focusses at providing a very robust training curriculum to young football aspirants from India. The program has been running very successfully so far and we have kids from USA, Canada, South America, Africa, Asia including India. We have had one Indian player, Jay gupta who has now graduated to the Estoril B team. Some players like Ujjawal Shah, Jay Gupta and Ishaan played for local Portuguese clubs like GDR Fontainhas De Cascais (Juniores U-19) and GDES De Cascais (Juniores U-19) and GD Estoril Praia (U-13) respectively. So overall I can confidently say that there is a pool of Indian players who are being developed to become world class talents.” Said the program director, Mr. Hugo Leal

About India On Track Promise:

One of its kind and exclusive program in India, the programme promises a steady increase in their overall level through their holistic player development curriculum which has a comprehensive 4-pronged development plan, focusing on technical and tactical skills, physical development & mental conditioning through personalized trainers & coaches. 2 IOT staff, both Indian, stay throughout the duration of the Program with the young athletes in the same house to offer local guardianship and take care of their needs related to football training, school, language, food and other needs of young athletes so that they can focus completely on achieving their football dreams.

An one of its kind program, it provides young Indian children:

§ Year round elite training and playing competitive matches in Europe

§ Best in class education in an International School

§ Secured home accommodation with all meals under adult supervision

You can find more information about the IFD Program on the below link:

http://www.indiaontrack.in/ifdp/

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