KIFF
LEAGUE 2012
NAVELIM YC, DON
BOSCO, DHL FC AND UFC IN SEMIS
BRUNO COUTINHO TO GRACE FINALS
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| Bruno Coutinho - Star Indian Soccer player |
Exciting news for Indian soccer enthusiasts as
India’s soccer icon former India captain and Arjuna awardee Bruno Coutinho is
due to visit Kuwait from the 13th of June 2012 for a week on the invitation of the Kuwait Indian Football Federation (KIFF)
. During his visit to Kuwait, Coutinho
who was arguably one of India’s best soccer players, will
be felicitated on 14th June at a special function for KIFF
affiliates and invitees and will also be the guest of honor for the KIFF
League final scheduled on the 15th of June 2012 at a venue to be announced shortly.
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| Bruno receiving the Arjuna Award from President A. J Kalam |
Hailing
from the famous beach side village of Calangute in Goa, Bruno Coutinho who
currently holds the position of Jt. Director of the Sports Authority of Goa
(SAG) is a true soccer icon and a source of inspiration to all Indians and
Goans in particular. In a career
spanning over 14 years Bruno has become an integral and inseparable part of Indian football and his exploits at home and abroad have brought him many
awards and recognition, culminating in receiving the second highest sports award in
India ‘The Arjuna Award’.
Bruno who studied in the famous Monte De
Guirim high school in Goa where sports was given equal preference with
academics, first played for India in a school tournament at Brunei in 1987
before joining Dempo Engineering, a hub for nurturing budding soccer
players in 1988. From there he moved to another prominent club
Salgaocar where he played for most of his career and won many accolades for
himself and his team. Bruno’s
association with Salgaocar resulted in his team winning the Federation cub
in 1997, Rovers Cup in 1989, 1996, Taca Goa title in 1989 and the National
Football League in 1998. His association with the Indian national soccer team lasted more than a decade including captaining the team.
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| Bruno Coutinho |
Bruno comes across as a pretty simple and down
to earth person. His sports dreams are
big for Goa and with the new BJP Government elevating Soccer to the level of
‘State Sport’, he feels that things are moving in the right direction to
promote the sports at the grass root level.
The KIFF LEAGUE conducted for Indians in Kuwait
has 19 affiliate members, and the semi-finals slated for
Friday 8th June 2012 will feature four of Kuwait’s top teams battling it out for a spot in the finals. United Friends Club play DHL FC at 6:30am and Navelim YC take on Don Bosco at 8:00am. The matches will be played at the
Ministry of Health ground , Shuwaikh.
DHL v/s UFC at 6:30am
Navelim YC v/s Don Bosco at 8:00am
Julio Cardoso - Kuwait
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