PANAJI
Goa Football Development Council (GFDC) chairman Brahmanand Shankhwalkar and vice-chairman Shrikant Ajgaonkar called on the newly elected president of the Goa Football Association (GFA) Caitano Fernandes and extended their congratulations and best wishes on his election to the top post.
“I congratulate Caitano Fernandes on being elected as the new GFA president. I have also offered to extend all help for any developmental work with a pledge to work together for one common goal that is to see Goan football back to its glory days. I also convey my heartiest congratulations to the entire newly constituted committee. Let's work together for the betterment of our State sport,” Shankhwalkar said after the meeting.
Ajgaonkar, brother of former sports minister Manohar Ajgaonkar, too extended his best wishes. “It is a proud moment for GFDC to have its council member becoming the president of the State football association. He is a hardworking person with sheer dedication towards the State sport. He dreams of taking football to greater heights. GFDC members have great trust in him that during his tenure GFA will rise to the international level and justice will be done to the up-and-coming footballers,” said Shrikant.
Shankhwalkar and Ajgaonkar called on the new GFA president on Wednesday and the leaders of the two football bodies held preliminary discussions on how to take Goan football forward. The GFDC also wished Sanjeev Nagveker, a council member of the GFDC, on being elected as an executive committee member of the GFA.
Fernandes was elected as the GFA president on October 30. He has promised major investments in football during his tenure, including infrastructure development at the Duler Stadium, where he proposes to relay the artificial turf at an estimated cost of Rs. 1.8 crore as well as to rework the youth development system and grassroots level football ecosystem.
