Indumathi Kathiresan and Lallianzuala Chhangte took dwelling prime honours whereas Khalid Jamil was recognised for his teaching credentials because the All India Soccer Federation (AIFF) held its annual awards after a spot of seven years on Friday night time.
Aside from Chhangte and Indumathi, the opposite particular person award winners had been Khalid Jamil (Finest Males’s Coach), Sukla Dutta (Finest Girls’s Coach), David Lalhlansanga (Promising Males’s Participant), Neha (Promising Girls’s Participant), Ramachandran Venkatesh (Finest Referee) and Ujjal Halder (Finest Assistant Referee).
The 30-year previous Indumathi, named the Girls’s Participant of the Yr, is the primary from Tamil Nadu to win the award. With back-to-back Indian Girls’s League titles with completely different golf equipment — Gokulam FC and Odisha FC — the midfielder has been key to the nationwide group’s performances as effectively over the previous few years.
“I actually didn’t anticipate to win it however I want to thank my coach and teammates for this,” she stated.
On a roll
Chhangte grew to become solely the fifth participant to win the highest award greater than as soon as after being named Participant of the Yr for the second straight time. The 2023-24 ISL winner scored 11 targets with assists for Mumbai Metropolis FC and was the very best scoring Indian within the ISL, in addition to scoring towards Qatar throughout the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in June.
Lalhlansanga and 18-year previous Neha had been named promising gamers of the yr respectively whereas Jamil was recognised for main Jamshedpur FC to its first-ever semifinal on the Kalinga Tremendous Cup regardless of taking cost of the membership solely mid-season.
Dutta, who guided India to the SAFF Below-19 Championship title and helped Sreebhumi FC earn promotion to the IWL, was named the Girls’s Coach of the Yr.
The occasion was attended by Sports activities Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and all AIFF officers amongst others.
Listing of awardees: Participant of the Yr: Males: Lallianzuala Chhangte; Girls: Indumathi Kathiresan.
Promising Participant of the Yr: Males: David Lalhlansanga; Girls: Neha.
Coach of the Yr: Males: Khalid Jamil; Girls: Sukla Dutta.
Referee of the Yr: Ramachandran Venkatesh; Assistant Referee of the Yr: Ujjal Halder.
Khalid Jamil along with his award.
