CURCHOREM: 15-year-old defender Felixson Fernandes from remote area of Ambaulim in Quepem taluka has been selected by Reliance Football Academy in Mumbai.
According to Felixson, he has signed a contract with Reliance for one year to play football in U-16 group and presently undergoing training under the guidance of Coach Santro in Mumbai.
“After my SSC classes at Reliance Foundation School, Mumbai, we practice between 6 and 8 p.m. besides practicing in the morning at 5.30 to 6.45 a.m. and every Saturday we play matches.” said Fernandes who informed that later in the month they will be playing in Japan
Fernandes was part of the Pope John XXIII School, Quepem football team from where he got an opportunity to join GFDC (Quepem) for further training which helped him get selected by the Reliance Academy.
