Tournament & Project Director for 2017 U-17 World Cup appointed
New Delhi, Sept 23 (IBNS): The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the U17 FIFA World Cup 2017 on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Javier Ceppi as Tournament Director and Joy Bhattacharya as the Project Director for the mega event slated to be held in October 2017 in India.
India’s highest football-governing body All India Football Federation (AIFF) released a statement saying, the appointment process was concluded after an interview panel comprising of Kushal Das, General Secretary, AIFF, Windsor John, Deputy General Secretary AFC, Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran, FIFA Development Officer and Mr. Subrata Dutta, AIFF Executive Committee Member also the Senior Vice President, AIFF; had interviewed the candidates last month.
The short listed candidates were then interviewed by Praful Patel, President, AIFF before the appointments were finalized. Kushal Das stated: “We are extremely pleased with the appointments as both Javier and Joy bring to the table a great amount of experience and expertise.”
He added: “Javier was involved in the U-17 World Cup in UAE in 2013 and is also a Director of the U-17 World Cup which will be held in Chile in 2015 and comes with a great deal of knowledge on how FIFA U-17 World Cups are conducted.”
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