Date:12/02/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/02/12/stories/2008021260551700.htm
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Goa to host camp

Principal Correspondent

NEW DELHI: Goa will host the National football camp to prepare the Indian team for the coming SAFF Cup and the AFC Challenge Cup 2008.

The All India Football Federation (AIFF) will conduct the camp in two phases, the first being the pre-National camp in which second-string 21 players will vie for a possible inclusion in the National camp. The pre-National camp will begin on March 26.

The National camp will begin on April 5.

Players for pre-National camp:

Goalkeepers: Arindam Bhattacharya (Churchill), Subhashish Roy Choudhury (Mahindra) and Karanjit Singh (JCT). Defenders: Robert Lalthlamyana (Churchill), Nirmal Chetri (AI), Govin Mojranginem (Churchill), Noaba Singh (Churchill), Rakesh Masih (TFA), Denzil Franco (Sporting Clube de Goa), Valeraino Rebello (Dempo), Mohun Raj (Mohun Bagan), Kattimani (Mumbai FC), Rocus Lamare (Salgaocar), Vashum Reisungmi (Churchill), Baldip Singh (JCT), Chandam Chitrasen (Churchill) and S. James Singh (Viva Kerala). Forwards: Khangebam Thoi Singh (Mahindra), C. S. Sabeet (Karnataka), Sushil Singh (Mahindra) and Tariff Ahmed (Mahindra).

Players for National camp: Goalkeepers: K. Subrata Paul (East Bengal) and Sandip Nandi (Mahindra). Defenders: I. Surkumar Singh (Mohun Bagan), Mahesh Gawli (Dempo), Gouramangi Singh (Churchill), Deepak Mondal (Mohun Bagan), N. S. Manju (Mohun Bagan ), Anwar (JCT ), Syed Rahim Nabi (East Bengal), Debabrata Roy (East Bengal) and Sameer Naik (Dempo). Midfielders: Steven Dias (Mahindra), Climax Lawrence (Dempo, N. P. Pradeep (Mahindra), Clifford Miranda (Dempo), Anthony Pereira (Dempo), Bungo Singh (Pune F.C), Ajayan Krishnan Nair (Mahindra), Mehrajuddin Wadoo (East Bengal) and Renedy Singh (JCT ). Forwards: Baichung Bhutia (Mohun Bagan), Sunil Chetri (JCT), Manjit Singh (Mahindra) and Abhishek Yadav (Mumbai FC).

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