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Victor Manjila to coach Kerala

KOCHI: Former international Victor Manjila is Kerala’s new coach. He replaces K. Bharathana and will coach the State for the Santosh Trophy National football championship.

The 62nd Santosh Trophy is scheduled to be held in Jammu and Kashmir in May and the Kerala Football Association has picked 42 players for the coaching camp.

The camp begins at the FACT Ground, Udyogamandal on April 7.

The players:

Goalkeepers: Joby Joseph (Pta), Jean Christian (Alp), N.M. Anoop (Tsr), A. Jaffar (Ekm), K.T. Nawaz (Mlp), Nithin Lal (Ksgd).

Defenders: Ebin Rose (Tvm), K. Jasser (Mlp), K. Noushad (Kzd), C.K. Jithesh (Ekm), R. Satheesh (Klm), V.S. Anooj (Ekm), B. Deepu (Tvm), Prince Poulose (Wyd), Najumudeen (Pkd), D. Sajin (Tvm), Sanush Raj (Idk).

Midfielders: Abdul Naushad (Pkd), K.S. Joby (Tsr), K.V. Lalu (Tsr), Bijish Ben (Ekm), T.K. Prasoon (Kzd), Othollo Tabia (Tvm), Mithun Gosh (Ktm), A.B. Kabeer (Pkd), T.T. Shaji (Mlp), Mohammed Elmi (Kzd), M.V. Kalesh (Knr), K. Anees (Mlp), S. Dinesh (Pkd).

Forwards: Abdul Hakkeem (Pkd), T. Asif Saheer (Mlp), O.K. Javed (Mlp), T. Usman (Tvm), R. Kannan (Klm), C.J. Renil (Tsr), P. Rahul (Kzd), Faisal Rahiman (Pkd), K. Saleel (Kzd), A. Devadasan (Tvm), P.T. Somy (Ekm), Jacken Sebastian (Ekm).

Coach: Victor Manjila (NIS, Calicut University). Assistant coach: Premnath Philip (NIS). — Principal Correspondent

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