Football
Dennerby takes over as India’s U-17 Women National Team Coach
Former Super Falcons head coach, Thomas Dennerby, was appointed head coach of the Indian U-17 women’s national team by the All Indian Football Federation (AIFF) on Saturday.
Dennerby will take charge of the hosts at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2020.
The Swede guided the Falcons to win the 2018 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations in Ghana last year and also led the team to the second round at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.
The 60-year-old who helped Sweden women’s national team to a third-place finish at the FIFA Women World Cup in 2011 said:
“It is a big challenge to be coaching the host of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India 2020. I am extremely humbled and grateful to AIFF for giving me the responsibility to groom the team for the World Cup,” Dennerby told reporters.
“There are 12 months still left for the mega event and with my experience of having coached in World Cups, Olympics, European Championships, I would be able to stitch them into a formidable team. The optimism and cooperation among all in the federation makes me feel we will achieve it together”, concludes the coach.
The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup is slated to kick-off on November 3, 2020, in India.
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