Nine U-17 trainees of Chandigarh Football Academy signed up by Kerala Blasters

“It is a great achievement for the CFA team and we are happy that the junior players are getting the opportunity for a team like Kerala Blasters in ISL. I am currently in Delhi and I am sure the players would be very happy about the development,” said Gurpreet Singh Bedi, football coach at Chandigarh Football Academy.

The academy has produced the likes of Indian defender Sandesh Jhingan in the past and four of its former trainees played for the Indian U-17 team in the FIFA U-17 World Cup played in India. The captain of the team Amarjeet Singh Kiyam, goal-keeper Prabhsukan Singh Gill, Sanjeev Stalin and Jeakson Singh, India’s only goal scorer in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, are the products of the academy. Running parallel with the Chandigarh Hockey Academy of Chandigarh administration, the academy inducts football trainees at a young age and the trainees are given football training with hostel accommodation. The players are trained by Harjinder Singh, former Indian footballer and coach and Bedi.