Team Herald
PANJIM: Sesa Football Academy has roped in Joyner Eulogius Antao, an AFC B License coach for their residential football academy in Sankhali.
The coach will join in as an assistant coach for SFA U-16, U-14 players currently enrolled at the campus. Joyner hails from the village Guirdolim, South Goa and has 7 years of coaching experience at the grassroots level.
Joyner has previously worked for reputed clubs and institutions, he began his career from Goa Football Development Council (2013).
He has also worked with Dempo SC (2015) focusing on the grassroots programs at and his last assignment was as head of youth development at ARA F.C in Ahmedabad where he has worked for four years simultaneously managing 2nd division I-League team as an assistant coach.
Joyner will assist head coach Joao Rebello who’s currently the head coach at Sankhali academy. He will also work under the directions of Armando Colaco who’s the technical director at SFA. Sesa Football Academy boys are currently representing the club in GFA U-16, U-14, Goa Professional League, Hero Elite Youth League (U-18), and Hero Junior League (U-15). Recently, 14 junior Sesa Football Academy players represented the Goa team in the Reliance Foundation Youth Sports National qualifiers as well, which was held in Mumbai. The team reached the finals of the tournament.
Joyner Eulogius Antao said, “I would like to thank Vedanta for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the legacy of SFA and help produce talented footballers for the nation. It is a privilege to work for SFA – with its state of the art infrastructure, access to resources, talented pool of players and coaches.”
