Swedish coach Joakim Alexandersson appointed women’s Chief Coach of India U20 and India U17 Team.
He has come as part of an agreement between the All India Football Federation and the Swedish Football Association.
He an extensive playing career as a defender majorly for IF Elfsborg, captaining the club and winning multiple trophies. He is also a former Sweden U21 international. Alexandersson began his career as a youth director and coach at IF Elfsborg in 2014 and coached the Elite U17, U16, U15 and U14 teams of boys and girls, leading to multiple youth league titles and player promotions to senior teams.
Four women coaches, along with two goalkeeper coaches will be closely working with Mr. Alexandersson. The coaches who will assist Alexandersson are Nivetha Ramadoss, Amrutha Aravind, Sradhanjali Samantaray, and Nidhi. The two goalkeeper coaches are KK Hameed, and Dipankar Choudhury.
Two friendly matches between India U20 and Maldives are likely to be played on December 30, 2024, and January 2, 2025. India is currently ranked 13 in Asian Continent. AIFF plans to have longer camps for seven to eight months for the women football teams and arrange 10-12 exposure matches a year against competitive opponents.
Courtesy: AIFF Media
